Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni] (Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni])

Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni]

Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni] (= Oenanthe lugens) (Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

The mourning wheatear 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 generally considered to be part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Oenanthe
Scientific:
  Oenanthe lugens

Original description

Citation:
(Lichtenstein, MHC 1823)

Reference:
Verz. Doubl. zool. Mus. K. Univ. Berlin

Protonym:
Saxicola lugens

Type locality:
Nubia [= Deram, vide Stresemann, 1954, Abh. Deutschen Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss., Berlin, 1, p. 174].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89675#page/53/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
29CEB24EB7AC779B

Avibase ID:
avibase-29CEB24E

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/29CEB24E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561654

Geographic range:

Oenanthe lugens lugens: Egypt (east of the Nile) to Israel, Syria, Jordan, and northern Iraq
Oenanthe lugens persica: southern Iran; wanders to southern Egypt, northern Sudan, and southern Israel
Oenanthe warriae: basalt desert of eastern Jordan and southern Syria
Oenanthe halophila: northern Sahara (eastern Morocco to northern Libya and northwestern Egypt)
Oenanthe lugubris boscaweni: southern Arabia (Hadramaut)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni]
French:
Traquet deuil ou T. halophile [incl. boscaweni]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni] ( Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni])
eBird version 1.52: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens Group]) [version 3]
eBird version 1.53: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens Group]) [version 3]
eBird version 1.54: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens Group]) [version 3]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides]

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Arabic: الفقاقة الحزينة
Catalan: còlit núbic
Czech: bělořit černohřbetý
Danish: Klippestenpikker
German: Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer
Greek: Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
English: Mourning or Western Mourning Wheatear [incl. boscaweni], Mourning Wheatear (Mourning)
Spanish: Collalba Núbica
Spanish (Spain): Collalba Núbica
Estonian: leina-kivitäks
Persian: چکچک ابلق جنوبی
Finnish: surutasku
French: Traquet deuil, Traquet deuil (lugens), Traquet deuil ou T. halophile [incl. boscaweni]
Hebrew: סלעית לבנת כנף
Hungarian: gyászos hantmadár
Icelandic: Harmdepill
Italian: Monachella lamentosa
Japanese (romaji): koshijirosabakuhitaki
Japanese: コシジロサバクヒタキ
Scientific: Oenanthe [lugens or halophila, incl. boscaweni], Oenanthe lugens, Oenanthe lugens [lugens Group], Oenanthe lugens lugens, Saxicola lugens
Lithuanian: Baltakepuris kūltupys
Latvian: melnmuguras čakstīte
Dutch: Rouwtapuit
Norwegian: Sørgesteinskvett
Polish: bialorzytka srokata
Portuguese: Chasco-fúnebre
Portuguese (Portugal): Chasco-fúnebre
Russian: Траурная каменка
Slovak: skaliarik čiernokrký
Slovenian: žalobni kupčar
Swedish: Sorgstenskvätta
Swahili: Mhozo-msiba
Turkish: Kara Sırtlı Kuyrukkakan
Ukrainian: Кам’янка чорноспинна
Chinese: 悲(即鸟)
Chinese (Traditional): 悲聲鵖