Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Hume's Wheatear

Oenanthe albonigra

The Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a 25 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

25 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan.

Where to see it: Bagram Air Field (Afghanistan); Wamm Farms (United Arab Emirates); Private estate near Green Mubazzarah (United Arab Emirates); Al Ansab Lagoons (Oman); Al-Qurm Park (Oman).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist