Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear
Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi] (= 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
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:
89AFD612B885F960
Avibase ID:
avibase-89AFD612
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/89AFD612
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 lugubris: highlands of northern and central Ethiopia
- Oenanthe lugubris vauriei: northeastern Somalia
- Oenanthe lugubris boscaweni: southern Arabia (Hadramaut)
- Oenanthe schalowi: highlands of southern Kenya to northeastern Tanzania
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Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear
French:
Traquet deuil, T. halophile, T. d'Abyssinie ou T. de Shalow
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris or schalowi]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Arabic: الفقاقة الحزينة
Catalan: còlit núbic
Czech: bělořit černohřbetý
Danish: Klippestenpikker
German: Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer
Greek: Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
English: Mourning Wheatear, Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning or Schalow's Wheatear
Esperanto: Ĝemenanto
Spanish: Collalba Núbica
Spanish (Spain): Collalba Núbica
Estonian: leina-kivitäks
Persian: چکچک ابلق جنوبی
Finnish: surutasku
French: Traquet deuil, Traquet deuil ou T. de Shalow, Traquet deuil, T. halophile, T. d'Abyssinie ou T. de Shalow
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, halophila, lugubris or schalowi], Oenanthe lugens, 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
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