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title: "Białorzytka"
description: "Oenanthe oenanthe — Ptaki. The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-wheatear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Białorzytka

> Oenanthe oenanthe — Ptaki. The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe oenanthe*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 51497
- Wikidata: [Q26420](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26420)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12822](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12822)

## Names

- en: Northern Wheatear
- de: Steinschmätzer
- es: Collalba norteña
- fr: Traquet motteux
- pt: Chasco-cinzento
- pl: Białorzytka

## Countries with the most observations

RU (14860), GB (4979), FR (4122), ES (3792), IT (3462), DE (1617), PT (1211), UA (995), NO (845), FI (830), CH (774), SE (634)

## Summary

The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia. The northern wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and east across the Palearctic  with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds spend most of their winter in Africa.

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

## Photo

![Białorzytka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-wheatear/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liviu Chiriac · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356926899

## Machine access

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