Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusOenanthe (Wheatears and Allies)
- SpeciesOenanthe oenanthe (Northern Wheatear)
The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Hemis National Park
Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
White-winged Redstart
Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
Monticola cinclorhynchus
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Plumbeous Water Redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
White-capped Redstart
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Wheatear at Hemis National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there