Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka [Lepechin, 1770] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
PI, PIEWH
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EURING No: 11470 | |
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Number in Britain:
1 record/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 20 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: oinanthe a bird mentioned by Aristotle and Russian name pleshanka for the pied wheatear |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: e Europe, c Asia, WINTERS: ne Africa, Arabia |
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Habitat:
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Arid open country |
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Diet:
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Insects, mostly from bare ground |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Isle of May, 1909
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
46
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Fife
(1992),
Lothian
(1991),
Northeast
(2003),
Orkney
(2003),
Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1994),
Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(1998),
North Yorkshire
(1991),
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North-west England:
Lancashire
(1997),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(2000),
Norfolk
(2003),
Suffolk
(1994),
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South-east England:
Kent
(1994),
East Sussex
(1990),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1991),
Devon
(1983),
Dorset
(1996),
Isles of Scilly
(2003),
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Wales:
Pembrokeshire
(1993),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Tinwen Fraith |
| Danish: Nonnestenpikker | Dutch: Bonte tapuit |
| Finnish: Nunnatasku | French: Traquet pie |
| German: Nonnensteinschmätzer | Hungarian: Apáca hantmadár |
| Icelandic: Nunnedepill | Irish: Clochrán Alabhreac |
| Italian: Monachella dorsonero | Norwegian: Svartstrupesteinskvett |
| Polish: Bialorzytka pstra | Portuguese: Chasco-de-peito-preto |
| Spanish: Collalba pía | Swedish: Nunnestenskvätta |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Panov, E.N. 2005 Wheatears of Palearctic [sic] Pensoft Publishers [598.911 PAN] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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