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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Oenanthe

Kurdish Wheatear

Oenanthe xanthoprymna

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Oenanthe

Distribution

breeds in southeastern Türkiye, far northeastern Iraq, and western Iran; winters in eastern Egypt (in the Nile Valley and near the Red Sea), northeastern Sudan, and on the western Arabian Peninsula, locally also in southern Israel

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.