Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusOenanthe (Wheatears and Allies)
- SpeciesOenanthe oenanthe (Northern Wheatear)
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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Kluane National Park
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Gray Jay
Perisoreus canadensis
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Boreal Chickadee
Poecile hudsonicus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
White-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black-billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Pine Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Northern Wheatear at Kluane National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there