Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Pied Wheatear

Oenanthe pleschanka

The Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a 19 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It migrates.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

19 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

41

Recorded in United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Iran, Ukraine, China, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Georgia, United Kingdom, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Belgium, Norway, India, Israel, Turkey, Germany, Afghanistan, Uganda, Bahrain, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Somalia, Djibouti, France, Armenia, Finland, Nepal.

Where to see it: Abaarso, Somaliland (Somalia); Empty lot northwest of Al Rabwa St (Qatar); TM-Ashgabat hills by Yyldyz Hotel (Turkmenistan); Kanshengel · General Area (Kazakhstan); Qobustan Nature Museum (Azerbaijan).

Photo: (c) Валерия Ковалева, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist