Thrushes (Turdidae)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) - HBW 10, p. 804
French: Traquet isabelle
German: Isabellsteinschmätzer
Spanish: Collalba Isabel
Other common names: Isabelline Chat
Taxonomy: Saxicola isabellina Temminck, 1829, Nubia, north Africa.
May form a superspecies with O. bottae and O. heuglini, and all sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Greece, E Balkans, Middle East and S & E Ukraine E to Transbaikalia, Inner Mongolia and NC China; non-breeding W Africa E to S Asia.
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A bird bouncing with the tail and flying away Locality Spiekeroog, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Mathieu W 20 October 2012 21 weeks ago 20 sec 4.9 -
Two juveniles on the ground Locality Dobruja, Romania (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 April 2005 5 years ago 14 sec 4.8 -
Rear and side views of adult bird, perched on top of a thin metal post, then flying away to left. Locality Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece (Monotypic species)
Neil Robertson 3 May 2012 15 weeks ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched and then eating a mole cricket on the ground. Locality Betpak-Dala Desert, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2009 3 years ago 56 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched on a metallic fence. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 16 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a wire, changing its position. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 32 sec 4.1
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In a pivot field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Al Rayyan, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 December 2011 1 year ago 4.7 -
standing on a rock
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 September 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
A new fledgling bird perched on a pole.
Locality Betpak-Dala Desert, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
standing
Locality Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 27 March 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird standing.
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 September 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Sighted near the beach
Locality Fuwayrit, Al Shamal, Qatar
John A Thompson 5 March 2010 3 years ago 4.3
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An adult male singing. Locality Bulgaria
(Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 12 April 2009 3 years ago 4
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