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Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear

Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides] (= 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:
  97144E87330B76C3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-97144E87

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/97144E87


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 lugentoides: western Arabia (Taif to Yemen)
  • 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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English:
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear
French:
Traquet deuil, T. des basaltes, T. halophile, T. d'Arabie, T. d'Abyssinie ou T. de Shalow


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens or lugubris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear ( Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 3]
eBird version 1.53:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 3]
eBird version 1.54:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 3]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Oenanthe lugens [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Oenanthe lugens [version 2]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Oenanthe lugens [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Arabic: الأبلق الحزين, الفقاقة الحزينة
Catalan: còlit núbic
Czech: Belorit cernohrbetý, bělořit černohřbetý
Danish: Klippestenpikker
German: Schwarzrückenschmätzer, Schwarzrückensteinschmaetzer, Schwarzrücken-Steinschmätzer
Greek: Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
Greek (Cypriot): Μαυροσκαλιφούρτα
English: Mourning Wheatear, Mourning, Abyssinian, Western Mourning, Arabian or Schalow's Wheatear
Esperanto: Funebra enanto
Spanish: Collalba Fúnebre, Collalba Núbica
Estonian: leina-kivitäks
Finnish: Surutasku
French: Traquet deuil, Traquet deuil ou T. de Shalow, Traquet deuil, T. des basaltes, T. halophile, T. d'Arabie, T. d'Abyssinie ou T. de Shalow, Traquet deuil, T. halophile, T. d'Arabie, T. d'Abyssinie ou T. de Shalow
Hebrew: סלעית לבנת כנף, סלעית לבנת־כנף, 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 lugubris], Oenanthe [lugens, halophila or lugubris], Oenanthe [lugens, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides], Oenanthe [lugens, warriae, halophila, lugubris, schalowi or lugentoides], Oenanthe lugens, Oenanthe lugens lugens, Saxicola lugens
Lithuanian: Tamsianugaris kultupys
Dutch: Rouwtapuit
Norwegian: Sørgesteinskvett
Polish: bialorzytka srokata, białorzytka srokata
Portuguese: Chasco-fúnebre
Russian: Траурная каменка
Slovak: skaliarik čiernokrký
Slovenian: žalobni kupčar
Swedish: Sorgstenskvätta
Swahili: Mhozo-msiba
Turkish: Kara Sırtlı Kuyrukkakan, kara syrtly kuyrukkakan, Karasırtlı Kuyrukkakan, Kara-sırtlı Kuyrukkakan
Ukrainian: Кам’янка чорноспинна
Chinese: 悲(即鸟)
Chinese (Traditional): 悲聲鵖

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