Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

The Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is a 29 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

29 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

51

Recorded in Israel, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Kuwait, Iran, Oman, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, Georgia, Cyprus, Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Saudi Arabia, China, Egypt, Tanzania, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Palestine, Iraq, Armenia, Jordan, Uzbekistan, United Kingdom, Uganda, Denmark, Belgium, Lebanon, Djibouti, Spain, France, Morocco, Norway, Bahrain, Pakistan, Taiwan, Afghanistan, Italy, Somalia, Algeria, Sudan, Nigeria.

Where to see it: Emirates Bird Breeding Centre for Conservation (Uzbekistan); Joint Base Balad (Iraq); Taukum Desert · General Area (Kazakhstan); Centre (Uzbekistan); Auto selected (Iran).

Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist