Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
GenusOenanthe (Wheatears and Allies)
SpeciesOenanthe isabellina (Isabelline Wheatear)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Lake Manyara National Park

1 Verified records at Lake Manyara National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is 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 in the family Muscicapidae. It is a migratory insectivorous bird. Its habitat is steppe and open countryside and it breeds in southern Russia and Central Asia to northern Pakistan, wintering in Africa and northwestern India. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. In colouring it resembles a female northern wheatear but it is larger at 15–16.5 centimetres (5.9–6.5 in) in length, more upright and more tawny in colour, and has more black on its tail. The term isabelline refers to the parchment-like colouration. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park

Oenanthe oenanthe

Oenanthe pileata

Oenanthe lugubris

Cichladusa guttata

Bradornis microrhynchus

20–30% · Possible

Erythropygia leucophrys

Cossypha heuglini

Cichladusa arquata

Muscicapa striata

Luscinia megarhynchos

5–10% · Rare

Bradornis pallidus

5–10% · Rare

Melaenornis pammelaina

<5% · Rare

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Isabelline Wheatear at Lake Manyara National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

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

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	50–60%
2	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	30–40%
3	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	10–20%
4	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	10–20%
5	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	10–20%
6	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	10–20%
7	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
8	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
9	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5–10%
10	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
11	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
12	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5–10%
13	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
14	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
15	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	<5%
16	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
17	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	<5%
18	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	<5%
19	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
20	Hemis National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
21	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	<5%
22	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	<5%
23	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
24	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
25	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
26	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
27	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
28	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
29	Langtang National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	Insufficient data
30	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
31	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	Insufficient data

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Isabelline Wheatear

Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Abyssinian Wheatear

Spotted Morning-Thrush

African Gray Flycatcher

White-browed Scrub Robin

White-browed Robin-Chat

Collared Palmthrush

Spotted Flycatcher

Common Nightingale

Pale Flycatcher

Southern Black Flycatcher

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found