Pied Wheatear
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{{Taxobox
| name = Pied Wheatear
| status = LC
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Passeriformes]]
| familia = [[Muscicapidae]]
| genus = ''[[Wheatear|Oenanthe]]''
| species = '''''O. pleschanka'''''
| binomial = ''Oenanthe pleschanka''
| binomial_authority = ([[Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin|Lepechin]], 1770)
}}
The '''Pied Wheatear''', '' Oenanthe pleschanka'', 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 [[bird migration|migratory]] central [[Asia]]tic wheatear occurs from the extreme southeast of Europe to [[China]], and has been found wintering in [[India]] and northeastern [[Africa]]. It is a very rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].
In summer the male is a white and black bird. The white crown tinged with grey contrasts with the black face and throat. The female is browner, and the head is washed with sandy buff. Females are darker than [[Northern Wheatear]], look smaller and showed less white on the rump.
The tail and rump are white, with an inverted black T giving a pattern like [[Black-eared Wheatear]]. This 13.5-14.5 cm [[bird]] nests on open, stony, sparsely vegetated habitats, laying 4-6 eggs in a rock crevice. It eats insects and berries.
[[Image:Pied Wheatear.ogg|thumb|300px|left|Riyadh, KSA, Sept 1993]]
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==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51824|title=Oenanthe pleschanka|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
[[Category:Oenanthe]]
[[Category:Birds of Pakistan]]
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