Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Capped Wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

The Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a 27 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

10

Recorded in South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Ngorongoro Conservation Area · Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania); Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola); Serengeti NP (Tanzania); Rietvlei NR (South Africa); Marievale Bird Sanctuary (South Africa).

Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist