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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae.

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Examples

  • Adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (protonym, Motacilla pleschanka), also known as the common pied wheatear, Pleschanka's wheatear, or as Pleschanka's (pied) chat, photographed at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (Africa).

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • Adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (protonym, Motacilla pleschanka), also known as the common pied wheatear, Pleschanka's wheatear, or as Pleschanka's (pied) chat, photographed at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (Africa).

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • Response: This is an adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka.

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • Response: This is an adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka.

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • This species is strongly dichromatic, meaning that the males and females have distinctive plumage colours and patterns -- a characteristic that distinguishes it from the monochromatic Cyprus pied wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, with which it was formerly considered to be conspecific.

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • This species is strongly dichromatic, meaning that the males and females have distinctive plumage colours and patterns -- a characteristic that distinguishes it from the monochromatic Cyprus pied wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, with which it was formerly considered to be conspecific.

    Mystery bird: Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka 2011

  • Тhere are many rock birds such as rock nuthatch (Sitta neumayer), wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria), pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka).

    Gissaro-Alai open woodlands 2008

  • There are also a number of desert-adapted birds that are found in the area, such as thick-billed lark (Ramphocoris clotbey), desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) and red-rumped wheatear (Oenanthe moesta).

    Saharan halophytics 2008

  • In addition, 5 species restricted wholly or largely to the Middle East are resident here, including Alectoris melanocephala, Ammoperdix heyi, Otus brucei, Oenanthe monach and O. alboniger.

    Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands 2008

  • Land birds are fewer and also typical for the area, they include: Canada goose Branta Canadensis, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, snow bunting Plectrophenax nivalis, Lapland bunting, Calcarius lapponicus, redpoll Carduelis rostrata, and raven Corvus corax.

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

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