Wheatear
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Not to be confused with Ear of wheat, or the surname Wheater.
Quick Facts Wheatears, Scientific classification ...
Wheatears | |
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Male northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Subfamily: | Saxicolinae |
Genus: | Oenanthe Vieillot, 1816 |
Type species | |
Motacilla oenanthe[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Cercomela |
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The wheatears /ˈhwiːtɪər/ are passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe. They were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family, Turdidae, but are now more commonly placed in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. This is an Old World group, but the northern wheatear has established a foothold in eastern Canada and Greenland and in western Canada and Alaska.