Oenanthe oenanthe

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Forages actively on the ground in open habitats .

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,013 meters (0 to 16,447 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4.7     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.1     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands   
  
•     13.3     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
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Biology

Diet

Mostly insects, with some seeds and fruit.

Reproduction

• Clutch Size: 5-6
• Length of Incubation : 14 days
• Days to Fledge : 15-16
• Number of Broods: 1?

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996

Similar Species

The Northern Wheatear is fairly easy to identify with its thin bill, active habits and diagnostic rump and tail pattern.

Members of the genus Oenanthe

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. alboniger (Hume's Wheatear) · O. albonigra (Hume's Wheatear) · O. bifasciata (Buff-Streaked Chat) · O. bottae (Red-Breasted Wheatear) · O. chrysopygia (Red-Tailed Wheatear) · O. cypriaca (Cyprus Pied Wheatear) · O. deserti (Desert Wheatear) · O. deserti deserti (Desert Wheatear) · O. finschii (Finsch’s Wheatear) · O. finschii finschii (Finsch’s Wheatear) · O. heuglini (Heuglin's Wheatear) · O. hispanica (Black-Eared Wheatear) · O. hispanica hispanica (Black-Eared Wheatear) · O. isabellina (Isabelline Wheatear) · O. leucopyga (White-Crownded Black Wheatear) · O. leucopyga leucopyga (White-Crownded Black Wheatear) · O. leucura (Black Wheatear) · O. leucura leucura (Black Wheatear) · O. lugens (Mourning Wheatear) · O. lugentoides (South Arabian Wheatear) · O. lugubris (Abyssinian Wheatear) · O. moesta (Red-Rumped Wheatear) · O. monacha (Hooded Wheatear) · O. monticola (Mountain Wheatear) · O. monticola monticola (Mountain Wheatear) · O. oenanthe (Greenland Wheatear) · O. oenanthe leucorrhoa (Northern Wheatear) · O. phillipsi (Somali Wheatear) · O. picata (Eastern Pied Wheatear) · O. pileata (Capped Wheatear) · O. pileata pileata (Capped Wheatear) · O. pleschanka (Pied Wheataer) · O. xanthoprymna (Kurdish Wheatear) · O. xanthoprymna xanthoprymna (Rufous-Tailed Wheatear)

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Further Reading

• A guide to the birds of Nepal Christopher Helm (Publishers) Ltd. url p. 250.
• An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url .
• Ardea. Amsterdam, etc., Nederlandse Ornithlogische Unie, etc. url p. 134, p. 66, p. 78, p. 87.
• Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 474, p. 476.
• Birds of eastern Canada / Ottawa: F.A. Acland, 1922. url .
• Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url , p. 322, p. 335, p. 339, p. 343, p. 351, p. 357, p. 371.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 134, p. 1656, p. 288, p. 300, p. 363, p. 401, p. 447, p. 448, p. 449, p. 497.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1971 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 187, p. 187, fig. 36.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 203, p. 222, p. 226.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 110 1953 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 115, p. 646, p. 97.
• Canada's missing dimension: science and history in the Canadian Arctic Islands / Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 1990. url p. 521, p. 527, p. 530, p. 849.
• Cassinia. Philadelphia: Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 1901- url p. 39.
• Check-list and bibliography on the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Ames, Iowa State College Press[1959] url p. 124, p. 153, p. 155, p. 157, p. 201, p. 23, p. 289, p. 298, p. 302, p. 314, p. 316, p. 322, p. 545, p. 546, p. 98.
• Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 445, p. 674, p. 678.
• Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 548, p. 808.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 124.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 10.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 451, p. 773.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 54.
• Fleas, flukes & cuckoos; a study of bird parasites, by Miriam Rothschild and Theresa Clay. New York, Macmillan, 1957. url p. 304.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 80.
• Migration of birds. by Frederick C. Linclon; revised by Steven R. Peterson; associate editor Peter A. Anastasi; illustrated by Bob Hines. Washington: Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979. url p. 119.
• New North American fleas. 29 1944 Chicago, 1944 url p. 226.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 251.
• Parental care and its evolution in birds. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1952. url p. 253, p. 254, p. 352.
• Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Dorchester, Eng. url p. 158.
• Proceedings and transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society. London, British Entomological and Natural History Society. url , p. 52.
• Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url , p. 109.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 146 1964 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 35.
• Some recent bird records from Canada's eastern Arctic / [Toronto]: Royal Ontario Museum, 1942. url p. 347.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 552.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 26.
• The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url , .
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , , p. 15, p. 199, p. 208, p. 209, p. 219, p. 235, p. 236, p. 258, p. 289, p. 311, p. 317, p. 353, p. 365, p. 376, p. 404, p. 433, p. 436, p. 44, p. 445, p. 48, p. 498, p. 500, p. 528, p. 534, p. 538, p. 560, p. 602, p. 67, p. 698, p. 748.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 156, p. 81.
• The Marine Mammal Commission compendium of selected treaties, international agreements, and other relevant documents on marine resources, wildlife, and the environment / compiled by Richard L. Wallace. Washington, D.C.: The Commission; 1994 url p. 689.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 19 1970 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 52.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Oenanthe oenanthe. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 24 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Bird specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4940
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179815
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481685
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179814
• IUCN ID: 227797
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABPBJ14010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13570

Footnotes

1. Mean = 619.490 meters (2,032.448 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,093.120 based on 16,226 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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