Oenanthe lugens (Mourning Wheatear)

Mourning Wheatear

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://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28229281

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
7E408670390ADDE8

Avibase ID:
avibase-7E408670

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/7E408670

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

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mourning Wheatear
Catalan:
còlit núbic
Czech:
bělořit černohřbetý
Danish:
Klippestenpikker
German:
Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer
Spanish:
Collalba núbica
Finnish:
surutasku
French:
Traquet deuil
Croatian:
crnoleđa bjeloguza
Hungarian:
gyászos hantmadár
Icelandic:
Harmdepill
Italian:
Monachella lamentosa
Japanese:
コシジロサバクヒタキ
Lithuanian:
baltakepuris kūltupys
Dutch:
Oostelijke Rouwtapuit
Norwegian:
Sørgesteinskvett
Polish:
białorzytka srokata
Portuguese:
chasco-fúnebre
Portuguese (Portugal):
chasco-fúnebre
Russian:
Траурная каменка
Slovak:
skaliarik čiernokrký
Serbian:
Žalopojna beloguza
Swedish:
sorgstenskvätta
Ukrainian:
кам’янка чорноспинна
Chinese:
悲䳭
Chinese (Traditional):
悲聲鵖

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica] ( Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica])
eBird version 1.55: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning) ( Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Oenanthe lugens [incl. warriae] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: أبلق حزين, أبلق حزين (حزين)
Bulgarian: Траурно каменарче, Траурно каменарче (ssp. lugens/persica)
Catalan: còlit núbic
Czech: bělořit černohřbetý, bělořit černohřbetý (ssp. lugens/persica)
Danish: Klippestenpikker, Klippestenpikker, Almindelig (ssp. lugens/persica)
German: Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer, Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer (lugens/persica)
Greek: Βραχοπετρόκλης, Βραχοπετρόκλης (lugens/persica)
English: Mourning Wheatear, Mourning Wheatear (Mourning), Mourning Wheatear [lugens or persica]
English, HBW: Mourning Wheatear (Mourning)
English (IOC): Mourning Wheatear (Mourning)
English (United States): Mourning Wheatear (Mourning)
Esperanto: Funebra enanto
Spanish: Collalba núbica, Collalba Núbica (lugens/persica)
Spanish (Spain): Collalba Núbica (lugens/persica)
Spanish (HBW): Mourning Wheatear (Mourning)
Estonian: leina-kivitäks
Persian: چکچک ابلق جنوبی, چکچک ابلق جنوبی (lugens/persica)
Finnish: surutasku
French: Motteux deuil, Traquet deuil, Traquet deuil (lugens), Traquet deuil [lugens ou persica]
Hebrew: סלעית לבנת-כנף, סלעית לבנת-כנף (מזרח תיכונית)
Croatian: crnoleđa bjeloguza
Hungarian: gyászos hantmadár
Icelandic: Harmdepill, Harmdepill (lugens/persica)
Italian: Monachella lamentosa
Japanese (romaji): koshijirosabakuhitaki (lugens/persica)
Japanese: コシジロサバクヒタキ, コシジロサバクヒタキ (lugens/persica), コシジロサバクヒタキ（lugens／persica）
Scientific: Oenanthe lugens, Oenanthe lugens [lugens or persica], Oenanthe lugens lugens, Oenanthe lugens lugens/persica, Saxicola lugens
Lithuanian: baltakepuris kūltupys, Rytinis baltakepuris kūltupys (lugens/persica)
Latvian: melnmuguras čakstīte
Dutch: Oostelijke Rouwtapuit
Norwegian: Sørgesteinskvett, sørgesteinskvett (lugens/persica)
Polish: bialorzytka srokata, białorzytka srokata, białorzytka srokata (lugens/persica)
Portuguese: chasco-fúnebre
Portuguese (Portugal): chasco-fúnebre, Chasco-fúnebre (lugens/persica)
Russian: Траурная каменка, Черноспинная каменка (lugens/persica)
Northern Sami: Afrihkágeaðgerásttis
Slovak: skaliarik čiernokrký, skaliarik čiernokrký (skup.)
Slovenian: žalobni kupčar, Žalobni kupčar (lugens/persica)
Serbian: Žalopojna beloguza
Swedish: sorgstenskvätta, sorgstenskvätta (lugens/persica)
Turkish: Kara Sırtlı Kuyrukkakan, Kara Sırtlı Kuyrukkakan (lugens/persica)
Ukrainian: кам’янка чорноспинна
Chinese: 悲䳭
Chinese (Traditional): 悲聲鵖