Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)

Other Names (World)
Schalow's Wheatear, Abyssinian Wheatear

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1837)

Range (Guide)

Eritrea (B) (R), Ethiopia (B) (R).

Highlands of Eritrea and northern and central Ethiopia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) [XC760177]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Oldonyosambu, Arusha, Tanzania (song)

Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) [XC510282]
by Andrew Spencer from Oldonyosambu, Arusha, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) and Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Oenanthe lugens following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors as a subspecies of Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

vauriei Meinertzhagen, R, 1949 - North-eastern Somalia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).
lugubris (R�ppell, 1837) - Eastern Africa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).
schalowi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) - Southern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Schalows Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) - 10 files

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