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title: "Eastern Black-eared Wheatear"
description: "Oenanthe melanoleuca — Aves. The eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) 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/pt/animal/eastern-black-eared-wheatear
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

> Oenanthe melanoleuca — Aves. The eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) 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 melanoleuca*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 2734
- iNaturalist taxon: [1286971](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1286971)

## Names

- en: Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
- de: Balkansteinschmätzer
- es: Collalba rubia oriental
- fr: Traquet noir et blanc

## Countries with the most observations

GR (743), TR (383), IL (196), RU (177), AM (151), HR (87), AL (65), GE (63), IT (51), JO (41), ME (39), CY (35)

## Summary

The eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) 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 western black-eared wheatear.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54926023

## Machine access

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