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Northern wheatear

Birds

The northern wheatear is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family and the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe across Europe and North and Central Asia. A migratory, insectivorous species, it breeds in open stony country across the Palearctic with additional footholds in northeastern and northwestern Canada, Greenland and Alaska, nesting in rock crevices and rabbit burrows, and nearly all birds winter in Africa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Oenanthe oenanthe 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Muscicapidae, Taxa
Source Northern wheatear (Wikidata)

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
Grassland, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
Tundra, Biomes
Source NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe

In Ecosystem

Svalbard, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Northern fulmar
Additional Source Svalbard (Wikipedia)Article text
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Belgium

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Denmark

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Luxembourg

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North America

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Norway

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Russia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Ukraine

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United States

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Sources
1. Northern wheatear (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Northern wheatear (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q26420 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Muscicapidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Oenanthe oenanthe
NatureServe Explorer
  • Global rank (roundedGRank)
    "roundedGRank": "G5"
  • In Biome: Grassland, Species characteristics: Grassland/herbaceous
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Grassland/herbaceous"
  • In Biome: Desert, Species characteristics: Desert
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Desert"
  • In Biome: Tundra, Species characteristics: Tundra
    "terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Tundra"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Muscicapidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 379
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 379
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Passeriformes","family":"Muscicapidae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Papamoscas Del Viejo Mundo","language":"ES"},{"name":"Gobe-Mouches De L'Ancien Monde","language":"FR"},{"name":"Old World Flycatchers","language":"EN"},{"name":"鹟科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Svalbard (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Svalbard, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Svalbard, Article text
Two songbirds migrate to Svalbard to breed: the snow bunting and the northern wheatear.
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