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 LC    Capped Wheatear* Id (Atlas):
    Oenanthe pileata

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC425123]
     by Frank Lambert from Ngorongoro, Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

 
Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) [XC596330]
     by Tony Archer from Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa (song)

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
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Files:
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