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
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 ID:
9C5BE48C7B50F2B8
Avibase ID:
avibase-9C5BE48C
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9C5BE48C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 561654
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mourning Wheatear [incl. warriae] ( Oenanthe lugens [incl. warriae]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mourning Wheatear [incl. warriae] ( Oenanthe lugens [incl. warriae]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mourning Wheatear [incl. warriae] ( Oenanthe lugens [incl. warriae]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mourning Wheatear ( Oenanthe lugens) [version 4] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Oenanthe [lugens, warriae or halophila]
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