Species profile
Variable Wheatear
Oenanthe picata
Quick answer
Iran to n Baluchistan and Pakistan; > to s Iran and n India
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe picata
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Oenanthe
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Variable Wheatear in your journal
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Related species in Muscicapidae
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher (Dioptrornis chocolatinus)
- Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata)
- African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor)
- African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)