Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)

Other Names (World)
Buff-breasted Wheatear, Botta's Wheatear, Red-breasted Wheatear

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1854)

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

Vagrant to Djibouti (NB).

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 (2014) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) [XC815328]
by Gregory Askew from Al Habala, Ahad Rafidah, Aseer Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

Red-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) [XC306648]
by id from Jemma Plateau, Oromia, Ethiopia (song)

Subspecies
Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) and Heuglin's Wheatear (Oenanthe heuglinii) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are given specific status contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

May form a superspecies with Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) and Heuglin's Wheatear (Oenanthe heuglinii). All sometimes considered conspecific. Commonly treated as conspecific with Heuglin's Wheatear (Oenanthe heuglinii), but geographical break between the two abrupt, and they differ in plumage and particularly in size, as well as in habitat and, reputedly, behaviour.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

bottae (Bonaparte, 1854) - Highlands of south-western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
frenata (Heuglin, 1869) - Highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Rusty-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe frenata).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) - 10 files

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