Red-breasted wheatear
| Red-breasted wheatear | |
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| In Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Oenanthe |
| Species: | O. bottae
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| Binomial name | |
| Oenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)
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The red-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is also known as Botta's wheatear or buff-breasted wheatear. Heuglin's wheatear (O. heuglini) was formerly included in this species but is now usually regarded as a separate species.
Description[]
Resembles the larger and darker northern wheatear, but with a duller reddish breast and broader black tail tip. Sexes are alike.
Range and habitat[]
It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, south-west Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is most common at altitudes over 1800 m.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Oenanthe bottae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103774053A111169032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103774053A111169032.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Oenanthe (bird)
- Birds of the Horn of Africa
- Birds of the Middle East
- Birds described in 1854
- Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
- Muscicapidae stubs