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Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Least ConcernThe Northern Wheatear is an Old World flycatcher of Holarctic breeding areas with broad African and Asian wintering regions. It forages from low perches, rocks, shrubs, or open ground, dropping onto insects and other small prey in grassland, desert, scrub, farmland, cliffs, or alpine slopes.
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Range
- Northern Wheatear Range — Resident or seasonal range in Holarctic breeding areas with broad African and Asian wintering regions
- Population
- ≈ 2M–20M