Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 34,367
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The northern wheatear or wheatear is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Northern wheatear”.