Thrushes (Turdidae)
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
French: Traquet oreillard German: Mittelmeer-Steinschmätzer Spanish: Collalba Rubia
Other common names: Black-throated Wheatear; Spanish (Black-throated) Wheatear (hispanica)
Taxonomy:
Motacilla hispanica Linnaeus, 1758, Gibraltar.
Sometimes considered conspecific with O. pleschanka; the two hybridize where breeding ranges overlap, with no evidence of assortative mating, and may be better reunited as one species. Race melanoleuca fairly distinct, but intergrades with nominate (amount of black on mask/throat increases from W to E). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758) - SW & SC Europe (E to Italy and Croatia) and NW Africa; non-breeding W African Sahel.
- melanoleuca (Güldenstädt, 1775) - SC & SE Europe, Asia Minor and Levant E to Caspian Sea, SW Kazakhstan and N, W & S Iran; non-breeding C & E Sahel and NE Africa.
- Least Concern
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A male on a rock and a female on a bush Mezalocha, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 4 June 2007 2 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
An adult male in the hand Ein Rimon, Lahav, Israel (melanoleuca)
Philip Griffin 26 September 2000 5 years ago 19 sec 4.1 -
A perched male, singing once. María de Huerva, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 15 April 2009 36 weeks ago 53 sec 4 -
A female perched, looking around. María de Huerva, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 15 April 2009 36 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
A close-view of an adult male. Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 April 2007 50 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A male on a bush, looking around. Valmadrid, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (hispanica)
Jesús Laborda 12 May 2008 1 year ago 19 sec 4
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adult male on a branch Leucate, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (hispanica)
Georges Olioso 30 May 2007 38 weeks ago 3.3 -
adult male on a rock Leucate, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (hispanica)
Georges Olioso 30 May 2007 38 weeks ago 3
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Song of a male Cappadocia, Turkey
(melanoleuca)
Stuart Fisher 26 April 2007 44 weeks ago 4.5
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