Cyprus Wheatear
Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1885)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cyprus Wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, breeds only in Cyprus and spends the non-breeding season in northern and north-eastern Africa. It is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family, and was described by Homeyer in 1885. Closely tied to woodland, it is the most tree-associated wheatear in the western Palearctic. It also needs some open ground and taller bushes or trees. The sexes look alike. It is set apart from Pied Wheatear by its song, which is very different, and by differences in body measurements and plumage, including more black on the tail, back and head.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: Cyprus
- Nonbreeding range
- n, ne AF
