Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe Oenanthe) (W1CDR0001421 BD16)
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Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe Oenanthe) (W1CDR0001421 BD16)
The northern wheatear or wheatear (''Oenanthe oenanthe'') is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus ''Oenanthe'' in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa. Taxonomy and systematics The northern wheatear was first formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Motacilla oenanthe''. The species is now placed in the genus '' Oenanthe'' that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieill ...
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Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe Oenanthe) (W1CDR0001421 BD16)
The northern wheatear or wheatear (''Oenanthe oenanthe'') is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus ''Oenanthe'' in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa. Taxonomy and systematics The northern wheatear was first formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Motacilla oenanthe''. The species is now placed in the genus '' Oenanthe'' that was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieill ...
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