Oenanthe leucura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species: Oenanthe leucura
Subspecies: O. l. leucura – O. l. riggenbachi
Name

Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789)
Synonymy

Turdus leucurus (protonym)

References

Systema Naturae 1 (2): 820.

Vernacular names
العربية: أبلق أسود
български: Черно каменарче
brezhoneg: Bistrak du
català: Còlit negre
Cymraeg: Tinwen ddu
Deutsch: Trauersteinschmätzer
English: Black Wheatear
Esperanto: Nigra enanto
español: Collalba negra
euskara: Buztanzuri beltz
فارسی: چکچک سیاه
suomi: Mustatasku
føroyskt: Sorgarstólpa
français: Traquet rieur
magyar: Kormos hantmadár
кырык мары: Ош пачан сиргек
Nederlands: Zwarte tapuit
polski: Białorzytka żałobna
پښتو: تورړۍ
português: Chasco-preto
русский: Белохвостая каменка
svenska: Svart stenskvätta
українська: Кам'янка білогуза

The black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher of the Muscicapidae.

This large 16–18 cm long wheatear breeds on cliffs and rocky slopes in western north Africa and Iberia. It is largely resident and nests in crevices in rocks laying 3-6 eggs.

The male of this species is all black except a white rump and mainly white tail. The female is similar, but dark brown rather than black.

The similar white-crowned wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga, also breeds in the African part of the black wheatear's range, but the black wheatear has a black inverted "T" on its white tail, whereas white-crowned has only a black centre to its tail. The black wheatear never has a white crown, but young white-crowned wheatears also lack this feature.

The food of this wheatear is mainly insects. It has a loud thrush-like song.
References

BirdLife International (2018). "Oenanthe leucura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710259A132085979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710259A132085979.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.