Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Somalia, Swaziland.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) [XC62558]
by Peter Boesman from De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa (song)

(Oenanthe pileata) [XC429925]
by Frank Lambert from Lark Plains, nr Engikiret, Monduli, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

livingstonii (Tristram, 1868) - Central Kenya south to Botswana and eastern South Africa (south to northern eastern Cape).
neseri Macdonald, 1952 - Angola and northern Namibia.
pileata (Gmelin, 1789) - Southern Namibia and western South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

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