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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Oenanthe

Capped Wheatear

Oenanthe pileata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (capwhe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe

Subspecies (3)

Oenanthe pileata livingstonii

eastern Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique
Oenanthe pileata neseri

southern Angola and northern Namibia to western Botswana
Oenanthe pileata pileata

southern Namibia and South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (capwhe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.