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 LC    Finsch's Wheatear* Id (Atlas):
    Oenanthe finschii

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Finsch's Wheatear, White-backed Wheatear

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Heuglin, 1869)

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B) (NB), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bahrain, Cyprus (NB), Egypt, Georgia (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Jordan (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Lebanon (B), Morocco, Pakistan, Russia (European), Saudi Arabia (NB) (P), Syrian Arab Republic (B) (NB), Tajikistan (B), Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B).

Vagrant to Bulgaria, Greece, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 - 20,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii) [XC303554]
     by Omar Alshaheen from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (call, song)

 
Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii) [XC303553]
     by Omar Alshaheen from Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia (call, song)

Subspecies
Has been treated as conspecific with Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • finschii (Heuglin, 1869)   -  Asia Minor and Levant (including extreme northern Israel) east to western and south-western Iran. Non-breeding also coastal eastern Mediterranean, northern Egypt and Middle East.
  • barnesi (Oates, 1890)   -  Eastern Turkey, north-eastern and eastern Iran and western Turkmenistan east to south-central Kazakhstan, eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Non-breeding also Mesopotamia and south-western Asia.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Finschs Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii) - 10 files


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