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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Oenanthe

Western Black-eared Wheatear

Oenanthe hispanica

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Oenanthe

Distribution

breeds southwestern Europe (Spain and Portugal eastward to Italy and northern Croatia) and northwestern Africa (eastward to northwestern Libya); winters in the western Sahel (eastward to Niger and northern Nigeria)

Vocalizations

Yves Bas · CC_BY_4_0
Yves Bas · CC_BY_4_0
Yves Bas · CC_BY_4_0
Yves Bas · CC_BY_4_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.