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Schalow's Wheatear

Schalow's Wheatear - Male

Photographer

» Peter Dedicoat

Location

» Ngorongoro Crater

Country image taken

» Tanzania

Date

» July, 2009

Equipment

» Canon 10D + 100-400mm lens

Bird Species

»Oenanthe lugubris - Abyssinian Wheatear

Bird Species (French)

»Traquet d'Abyssinie

Bird Family

»Muscicapidae - Chats, Flycatchers, Robins, Wheatears, Akalats, Rock Thrushes, Palm Thrushes,Redstarts

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Note that several taxonomies including IOC and Clements treat this distinctive Wheatear found in S Kenya and NE Tanzania as a subspecies of Abyssinian Wheatear O.l.schalowi / admin

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