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Abyssinian Wheatear
Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Abyssinian Wheatear, Oenanthe lugubris, is a passerine of eastern Africa, breeding from Eritrea and Ethiopia through north-western Somalia to southern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. It lives in rocky places with scattered trees and bushes. The bird is a dark wheatear, and the sexes differ, with males darker than females. Males show black upperparts, throat and breast, a grey cap with darker streaking, and a tail pattern that is easiest to pick out in flight. Females are mainly dark brown with strong streaking below. The species was described by Rüppell in 1837.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: e Africa
