Basalt wheatear

Basalt wheatear
The Aravah, Israel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species:
O. warriae
Binomial name
Oenanthe warriae
Shirihai & Kirwan, 2011

The basalt wheatear (Oenanthe warriae) is a bird, a species of wheatear found in Jordan 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 basalt wheatear (O. warriae) and Maghreb wheatear (O. halophila) were formerly considered subspecies of the mourning wheatear, but were split as distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-13.
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