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 LC    Hume's Wheatear* Id (Atlas):
    Oenanthe albonigra

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Oenanthe alboniger [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Oenanthe alboniger [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Hume's Wheatear, Black-headed Wheatear

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hume, 1872)

Habitat
Hot desert. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Oman (B), Pakistan, United Arab Emirates (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar.

Iraq and south-western Iran east to southern and eastern Afghanistan, northern and southern Pakistan and north-eastern Arabia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

 
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) [XC695051]
     by Oscar Campbell from Wadi near Masafi, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (song)

 
Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) [XC771164]
     by Reyt Sylvain from Nakhl, Al Batinah South Governorate, Oman (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Humes Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) - 10 files


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