White-crowned Wheatear

Oenanthe leucopyga (Brehm, CL, 1855)

17–18 cmLength28 gWeight

Busiest months: March · Most records: Morocco, Israel, Jordan

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March · Most records: Morocco, Israel, Jordan

White-crowned Wheatear has been recorded at 54 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Erg Chebbi – nordMorocco360 records
Barrage El Mansour Eddahbi – tadamreesht – domaine généraleMorocco205 records
Décharge de BoumalneMorocco194 records

More places

Erg Chebbi – MerzougaMorocco193 records
Eilat – KM20 Flamingo Pools 20Israel170 records
Tagdilt TrackMorocco163 records
Palmeraie d'IgraneMorocco117 records
PetraJordan116 records
International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE)Israel116 records
Vallée des Oiseaux (Tagdilt Track) – ancienne pisteMorocco96 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Morocco Israel Jordan Western Sahara Egypt Djibouti Türkiye Kuwait

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-crowned wheatear, or white-crowned black wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) is a wheatear, a small 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, Muscicapidae.

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Questions

How big is the White-crowned Wheatear?

The White-crowned Wheatear is about 17–18 cm long and weighs around 28 g.

Where does the White-crowned Wheatear live?

Its breeding range: Africa, Palearctic: northern Africa to northern, central Arabian Peninsula. It is most often recorded in Morocco, Israel and Jordan.