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Mourning Wheatear

Mourning Wheatear

Oenanthe lugens

About

The mourning wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) 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.

Classification

517 observations on iNaturalist
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