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Buff-breasted Wheatear
Oenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Buff-breasted Wheatear, Oenanthe bottae, is a bird of the Asir Mountains in western Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where it breeds in high-altitude grassland. It belongs to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The species is closely tied to this montane range and is most often found above 1800 m. It is similar to the northern wheatear, but shows a less vivid reddish breast and a wider black tip to the tail. The sexes look the same. It was described by Bonaparte in 1854.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: montane sw Arabian Pen.
