Western black-eared wheatear – Oenanthe hispanica – is a small migratory Eurasian wheatear of Type – sallyer, Family Muscicapidae and Order Passeriformes. (NOTE this is newly raised to species status and not all authorities have yet been updated, so there remains some ambiguity between references.) It is a summer breeder to S France, Iberia and NW Africa. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder to NW Libya and the N Sahel states where the Eastern black-eared wheatear is also found, in winter they migrate to the Sahel Belt.
Type - sallyer - Summer Habitat - open country with scattered trees, Winter Habitat - the Sahel Belt, Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Oenanthe Species - Oenanthe hispanica Western black-eared wheatear - Species - ebird.org Western black-eared wheatear - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Western black-eared wheatear - Database - avibase Western black-eared wheatear - Species - oiseaux-birds.com Western black-eared wheatear - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... Western black-eared wheatear - Images - google.com Western black-eared wheatear - Video - youtube.com Western black-eared wheatear - Datazone - birdlife.org