White-crowned Black Wheatear

Oenanthe leucopyga (CL Brehm, 1855) WHCBL 11570
Family: Passeriformes > Muscicapidae

White-crowned Black Wheatear, Yoav Perlman

A bird of hot, dry habitats in North Africa and the Middle East, White-crowned Black Wheatear is generally sedentary in its habits.

An extremely rare visitor to Britain, added to the British List following one at Kessingland, Suffolk, in June 1982.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
7 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
7 records

BTO RECORDS

7 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
7 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about White-crowned Black Wheatear, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

BIOMETRICS

Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.

Feather measurements and photos on featherbase

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

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Catalan: còlit tuareg
Czech: belorit pustinný
Danish: Hvidkronet Stenpikker
Dutch: Witkruintapuit
Estonian: tanu-kivitäks
Finnish: kalottitasku
French: Traquet à tête blanche
German: Saharasteinschmätzer
Hungarian: koronás hantmadár
Icelandic: Helludepill
Irish: Clochrán dubh bánchorónach
Italian: Monachella nera testabianca
Latvian: baltgalvas cakstite
Lithuanian: sacharinis kultupys
Norwegian: Hvitkronesteinskvett
Polish: bialorzytka saharyjska
Portuguese: chasco-de-barrete-branco
Slovak: skaliarik ciapockatý
Slovenian: beloglavi kupcar
Spanish: Collalba yebélica
Swedish: vitkronad stenskvätta

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