Isabelline wheatear
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| Oenanthe isabellina |
Isabelline wheatear Oenanthe isabellina is a migratory insectivorous member of the Thrush family Turdidae . It breeds in southern Russia and central Asia, wintering in Africa and India.
It is like a female common wheatear but it is larger, more upright and more tawny in colour, and has more black on its tail. The axillaries and underwing coverts are white, whereas in the common bird they are mottled with grey. Sexes are similar.
Length, 6.5 inches. Wing, 3.9 inches.
It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
Other members of the wheatear genus include
- Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
- Desert wheatear, Oenanthe deserti
- Black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica
- Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
- Cyprus wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca
- Finsch's wheatear, Oenanthe finscii
- Mourning wheatear, Oenanthe lugens
- Hooded wheatear, Oenanthe monacha
- White-crowned wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga
- Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
- Persian wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna
- Red-rumped wheatear, Oenanthe moesta