pied wheatear
oenanthe pleschanka latin

This migratory insectivorous species was formerly considered a race of Pied Wheatear.

The song is distinctive, and very different from that of Pied Wheatear, resembling an insect.

This species closely resembles Pied Wheatear, although it has slightly more black on the tail and back, and on the head.

A 2010 study found that Cyprus Wheatear differs from Pied Wheatear in 14 external morphometric characters.

Many rare and migrant birds can be seen here in Spring and Autumn and, like much of this coastline, is home to several rare breeding birds (e.g. Pied Wheatear and a local race of European Shag).

The Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine 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 was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pied Wheatear but Sluys and van den Berg (1982) argued that the form deserved full species status, on the basis of differences in biometrics and especially song, and the lack of sexual plumage dimorphism in cypriaca.

The Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine 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.