Hume's wheatear
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Oenanthe |
| Species: | O. albonigra
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| Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
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Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume, who worked in India.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Oenanthe albonigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22710248A155518584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710248A155518584.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Birds described in 1872
- Birds of the Middle East
- Birds of Afghanistan
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