The basalt wheatear (''Oenanthe warriae'') is a

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

, a species of wheatear found in

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...

and Syria. It is a small passerine in a group formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now more generally considered to be part of the Old World flycatcher family

Muscicapidae The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and North ...

. The basalt wheatear (''O. warriae'') and

Maghreb wheatear The Maghreb wheatear (''Oenanthe halophila'') is a bird, a species of wheatear found in northern Africa. It is a small passerine in a group formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now more generally considered to be part of ...

(''O. halophila'') were formerly considered subspecies of the

mourning wheatear The mourning wheatear (''Oenanthe lugens'') is a bird, one of 14 species of wheatear found in northern Africa and the Middle East. It is a small passerine in a group formerly classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now more generall ...

, but were split as distinct species by the IOC in 2021.

References

External links

Species page on Israeli birds website
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q107511711, from2=Q27632818 Wheatears Birds of the Middle East Birds described in 2011