Mourning Wheatear
Oenanthe lugens
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Oenanthe
- eBird Code
- mouwhe2
Subspecies (4)
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Oenanthe lugens halophila
northern Sahara (eastern Morocco to northern Libya and northwestern Egypt)
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Oenanthe lugens lugens
Egypt (east of the Nile) to Israel, Syria, Jordan, and northern Iraq
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Oenanthe lugens persica
breeds southern Iran; wanders to southern Egypt, northern Sudan, and southern Israel
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Oenanthe lugens warriae
basalt desert of eastern Jordan and southern Syria
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.