Thrushes (Turdidae)
Buff-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) - HBW 10, p. 805
French: Traquet à poitrine rousse
German: Braunbrust-Steinschmätzer
Spanish: Collalba de Botta
Other common names: Botta’s/Red-breasted Wheatear
Taxonomy: Campicola bottae Bonaparte, 1854, no locality = Yemen.
May form a superspecies with O. isabellina and O. heuglini, and all sometimes considered conspecific. Commonly treated as conspecific with latter, but geographical break between the two abrupt, and they differ in plumage and particularly in size, as well as in habitat and, reputedly, behaviour. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bottae (Bonaparte, 1854) - highlands of SW Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
- frenata (Heuglin, 1869) - highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a pole, singing, scratching its head and preening. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 6 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a rock, calling. Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 6 years ago 39 sec 4.1 -
A bird on a rock and on the ground. Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
adult perched on roadside rock Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Martin Kennewell 23 October 2010 1 year ago 12 sec 3.7 -
A bird on the ground Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Keith Blomerley 5 April 2002 4 years ago 24 sec 3.5
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Perched, face on.
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
mark sutton 26 December 2006 2 years ago 3.4 -
a bird seen from the side
Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp frenata)
Stefan Helming 18 October 2008 2 years ago 3.4 -
Bird on a rock during rain
Locality Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (ssp frenata (Heuglin, 1869))
Holger Meinig 14 April 2011 52 weeks ago 2.8 -
A frontal view of a bird.
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 1 year ago 2.8
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A bird calling. Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
(ssp frenata)
Josep del Hoyo 3 December 2005 1 year ago 3 -
A bird singing once. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 2 years ago 3
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