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

> Oenanthe hispanica — Uccelli. The western black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe hispanica*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2199
- Wikidata: [Q385723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385723)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12825](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12825)

## Names

- en: Western Black-eared Wheatear
- de: Mittelmeersteinschmätzer
- es: Collalba Rubia Occidental
- fr: Traquet oreillard
- pt: Chasco-ruivo
- pl: Białorzytka rdzawa

## Countries with the most observations

ES (927), DZ (467), MA (224), PT (187), FR (131), IT (29), TN (16), EH (8), PL (4), DK (3), MR (3)

## Summary

The western black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now considered to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae). It was formerly (and still is by some authorities) considered conspecific with the eastern black-eared wheatear.

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

## Photo

![Western Black-eared Wheatear](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-black-eared-wheatear/medium.jpg)

Photo: karim Attouche · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200398114

## Machine access

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