Black Wheatear 373012 222467803 2008-06-29T14:22:37Z Luckas-bot 7320905 robot Adding: [[es:Oenanthe leucura]] {{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]] {{passerine-stub}} [[bg:Черно каменарче]] [[es:Oenanthe leucura]] [[fr:Traquet rieur]] [[nl:Zwarte tapuit]]