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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Two juveniles on the ground Locality Dobruja, Romania (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 April 2005 3 years ago 14 sec 4.8 -
A bird perched and then eating a mole cricket on the ground. Locality Betpak-Dala Desert, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2009 2 years ago 56 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a metallic fence. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a wire, changing its position. Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 6 years ago 33 sec 4.1 -
A bird standing on the ground, looking around. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 21 sec 3.9 -
An adult walking on the ground Locality Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 April 1999 8 years ago 20 sec 3.8
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In a pivot field
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 December 2011 8 weeks ago 4.6 -
standing on a rock
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 September 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
standing on a rock
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 September 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A new fledgling bird perched on a pole. Locality Betpak-Dala Desert, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 15 June 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
standing
Locality Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 27 March 2011 13 weeks ago 4.3 -
A bird standing.
Locality Gamla Nature Reserve, Golan Heights, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 September 2010 1 year ago 4.3
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An adult male singing. Locality Bulgaria
(Monotypic species)
Iva Hristova 12 April 2009 2 years ago 4
