Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies (Muscicapidae)
- Order
- Passeriformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds southeastern Europe (eastward from southern Italy and Croatia), Türkiye, and the Levant eastward to southwestern Kazakhstan and western Iran; winters in the central and eastern Sahel, eastward to the southern Red Sea.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Greece
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Montenegro
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Palestine
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Eastern black-eared wheatear
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
