Finsch's Wheatear
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{{Taxobox
| name = Finsch's Wheatear
| status = LC
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=[[BirdLife International]]|year=2004|id=51820|title=Oenanthe finschii|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Muscicapidae]]
| genus = ''[[Wheatear|Oenanthe]]''
| species = '''''O. finschii'''''
| binomial = ''Oenanthe finschii''
| binomial_authority = ([[Theodor von Heuglin|Heuglin]], [[1869]])
}}
The ''' Finsch's Wheatear''', '' Oenanthe finschii '', is a [[wheatear]], a small insectivorous [[passerine]] 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 15-16 cm long [[bird]] breeds in semi-desert and stony hillsides from [[Turkey]] east to [[Afghanistan]] and western [[Pakistan]]. It is a [[bird migration|short-distance migrant]], wintering in [[Egypt]] and the [[Greater Middle East]]. It wanders to [[Cyprus]] with some frequency. The nest is built in a rock crevice, and 4-5 eggs is the normal clutch.
In summer the male Finsch's Wheatear is a white and black bird. The white crown, central back and belly contrast with the black face, throat and wings. The tail and rump are white, with an inverted black T giving a pattern like [[Black-eared Wheatear]], but with a uniformly wide terminal band.
The female is brown-grey above, becoming dirty white below. The tail pattern is similar to the male’s.
Finsch's Wheatear feeds mainly on insects. Its call is a whistled ''tsit'', and the song is a mix of clear notes with whistles and crackling.
This bird was named for the German naturalist [[Otto Finsch]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Oenanthe]]
[[Category:Birds of Pakistan]]
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