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title: "Chasco-de-barrete"
description: "Oenanthe pileata — Aves. The capped wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is widely distributed over southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/capped-wheatear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chasco-de-barrete

> Oenanthe pileata — Aves. The capped wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is widely distributed over southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe pileata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2157
- Wikidata: [Q3727643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3727643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [12839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12839)

## Names

- en: Capped Wheatear
- de: Erdsteinschmätzer
- es: Collalba Capirotada
- fr: Traquet du Cap
- pt: Chasco-de-barrete
- pl: Białorzytka obrożna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1571), TZ (213), NA (115), BW (68), ZW (46), ZM (31), KE (29), MZ (13), SZ (3)

## Summary

The capped wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is widely distributed over southern Africa. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.

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

## Photo

![Chasco-de-barrete](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/capped-wheatear/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37799065

## Machine access

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