Heuglin's Wheatear

Oenanthe heuglinii (Heuglin, 1869)

Heuglin's Wheatear, Oenanthe heuglinii, is a passerine bird of the Muscicapidae family that breeds across parts of Africa from Mauritania and Guinea to Cameroon, Sudan and north-west Kenya. It is a wheatear of open country, especially places with rocks and short grass, and it is often found on burnt ground. The species is identified by its dark grey-brown upperparts, black facial mask and white eyebrow stripe, with an orange-buff breast, a black tail marked with white on the basal half, and white uppertail-coverts and undertail-coverts.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Africa: Mauritania, Guinea and Cameroon to Sudan and nw Kenya