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Schalow's Wheatear

Schalow's Wheatear - Adult male in breeding plumage

Photographer

» Artur Bujanowicz

Location

» Ol Doinyo Sambu

Country image taken

» Tanzania

Date

» March, 2013

Equipment

» Canon 50d + 400 mm

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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