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title: "Pied Wheatear"
description: "Oenanthe pleschanka — Vogels. The pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous 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 (family Muscicapidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pied-wheatear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pied Wheatear

> Oenanthe pleschanka — Vogels. The pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous 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 (family Muscicapidae).

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe pleschanka*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 3967
- Wikidata: [Q763538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12830](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12830)

## Names

- en: Pied Wheatear
- de: Nonnensteinschmätzer
- es: Collalba pía
- fr: Traquet pie
- pt: Chasco-malhado
- pl: Białorzytka pstra

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1458), UA (544), KZ (370), MN (121), CN (107), UZ (97), ET (79), KE (77), RO (72), KG (61), IR (60), BG (45)

## Summary

The pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous 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 (family Muscicapidae). This migratory central Asiatic 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.
The male is a boldly marked white-and-black bird. The white crown tinged with brown contrasts with the black face and throat and white rump. The female is browner, and…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: neotrigonia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9729105

## Machine access

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