Black Wheatear
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{{Taxobox
| name = Black Wheatear
| status = LC
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Muscicapidae]]
| genus = '' [[Wheatear|Oenanthe]] ''
| species = '''''O. leucura'''''
| binomial = ''Oenanthe leucura''
| binomial_authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1789)
}}
The ''' Black Wheatear''', ''Oenanthe leucura'', is a [[wheatear]], a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] that was formerly classed as a member of the [[Thrush (bird)|Thrush]] family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an [[Old World flycatcher]], Muscicapidae.
This large 16-18 cm long wheatear breeds on cliffs and rocky slopes in western north [[Africa]] and [[Iberian peninsula|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 (bird)|thrush-like]] song.
==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51814|title=Oenanthe leucura|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
==External links==
*[http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/340_BlackWheatearOleucura.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta]
[[Category:Oenanthe]]
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