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title: "Isabelline Wheatear"
description: "Oenanthe isabellina — Uccelli. The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/isabelline-wheatear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Isabelline Wheatear

> Oenanthe isabellina — Uccelli. The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe isabellina*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 5728
- Wikidata: [Q747686](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747686)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12837](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12837)

## Names

- en: Isabelline Wheatear
- de: Isabellsteinschmätzer
- es: Collalba isabel
- fr: Traquet isabelle
- pt: Chasco-isabel
- pl: Białorzytka płowa

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1865), TR (297), KZ (251), UA (251), IL (234), IN (206), MN (199), KE (157), GE (152), CN (141), AM (138), KG (126)

## Summary

The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae.  It is a migratory insectivorous bird.  Its habitat is steppe and open countryside and it breeds in southern Russia and Central Asia to northern Pakistan, wintering in Africa and northwestern India.  It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
In colouring it resembles a female northern wheatear but it is larger at 15–16.5 centimetres (5.9–6.5 in) in length, more upright and more tawny…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelline_wheatear

## Photo

![Isabelline Wheatear](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/isabelline-wheatear/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124140799

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/isabelline-wheatear?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).