The northern wheatear or wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.186
Protonym:
Motacilla oenanthe
Type locality:
in Europae apricis lapidosis [= Sweden, fide Hartert, 1910, Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 679].
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/205/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
DF526047637004DD
Avibase ID:
avibase-DF526047
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DF526047
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179814
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2024: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
eBird version 2024: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Northern Wheatear ( Oenanthe oenanthe) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Oenanthe [oenanthe or seebohmi]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
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