Capped Wheatear

Oenanthe pileata - Traquet du Cap

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Oenanthe
Species
:
pileata

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 24 à 32 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Oenanthe pileata pileata (sw Namibia, South Africa except nw, ne)
Oenanthe pileata neseri (s Angola, Namibia, w Botswana, nw South Africa)
Oenanthe pileata livingstonii (c Kenya to ne South Africa and e Botswana)

Foreign names

Traquet du Cap,
Collalba capirotada,
chasco-de-barrete-preto,
Erdsteinschmätzer,
földi hantmadár,
Aardtapuit,
Monachella pileata,
svartbröstad stenskvätta,
Beltesteinskvett,
skaliarik obojkový,
bělořit bělohrdlý,
Sortbrystet Stenpikker,
mustavyötasku,
Hoëveldskaapwagter,
còlit del Cap,
białorzytka obrożna,
Чернолобая каменка,
クロエリサバクヒタキ,
冕䳭,
svartbröstad stenskvätta,
冕鵖,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
Vol. 10 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest