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[[Image:Isabelline_Wheatear.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Emil+Enchev|Emil Enchev}} <br />[[Bulgaria]], 18 May 2005]]
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[[Image:Isabelline_Wheatear.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Emil Enchev]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Location: Bulgaria
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[[Image:P6241582m f.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Cristian+Mihai|Cristian Mihai}}<br />Palazu Mic (CT), Romania, 24 June 2018]]
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15-16.5 cm (6-6½ in)<br />
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*Pale dull brown overall
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*White rump, basal tail patches with black centre and terminal band
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*Pale [[Topography#Wings|Axillaries]] and underwing [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Dark [[Topography#Wingss|alula]]
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*[[Topography#Heads|supercilium]] is whiter in front of the eye, more buff behind
  
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The Isabelline Wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
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Sexes are similar
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====Confusion Species====
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Larger than an autumn-plumaged [[Northern Wheatear]]
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==Distribution==
  
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It is a migratory insectivorous bird. It breeds in southern Russia and central Asia to Northern Pakistan, wintering in Africa and India.
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South-Eastern [[Romania]], Southern [[Ukraine]], Southern [[Russia]] and central [[Asia]] to Northern [[Pakistan]], wintering in north-eastern [[Africa]] [[Arabia]] and [[India]].
  
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It is like a female Northern Wheatear but it is larger at 15-16.5 cm in length (6.5 inches), more upright and more tawny in colour, and has more black on its tail. The axillaries and underwing coverts are white, whereas in the commoner bird they are mottled with grey. Sexes are similar.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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[[Image:P6241294m f.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Displaying<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Cristian+Mihai|Cristian Mihai}}<br />Gura Dobrogei (CT), [[Romania]], 24 June 2018]]
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==Habitat==
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Breeds in areas or short grass or semi-desert, dry plains.
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of invertebrates (small insects), beetles and ants; in addition to some vegetable matter.
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====Breeding====
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They nest in a rodent burrows.
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==References==
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[[Image:Isabelline_wheatear_alok.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Bird in winter area<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|aloktewar|Alok Tewari}}<br />Sultanpur Flats, Gurugram, Haryana,  [[India]], 5 December 2019 ]]
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
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#Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
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It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 29 April 2023

Photo © by Emil Enchev
Bulgaria, 18 May 2005
Oenanthe isabellina

Identification

Juvenile
Photo © by Cristian Mihai
Palazu Mic (CT), Romania, 24 June 2018

15-16.5 cm (6-6½ in)

  • Pale dull brown overall
  • White rump, basal tail patches with black centre and terminal band
  • Pale Axillaries and underwing coverts
  • Dark alula
  • supercilium is whiter in front of the eye, more buff behind

Sexes are similar

Confusion Species

Larger than an autumn-plumaged Northern Wheatear

Distribution

South-Eastern Romania, Southern Ukraine, Southern Russia and central Asia to Northern Pakistan, wintering in north-eastern Africa Arabia and India.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Displaying
Photo © by Cristian Mihai
Gura Dobrogei (CT), Romania, 24 June 2018

Habitat

Breeds in areas or short grass or semi-desert, dry plains.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of invertebrates (small insects), beetles and ants; in addition to some vegetable matter.

Breeding

They nest in a rodent burrows.

References

Bird in winter area
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Sultanpur Flats, Gurugram, Haryana, India, 5 December 2019
  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)
  3. Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
  4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
  5. Wikipedia

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