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Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe · Family Muscicapidae
Oenanthe oenanthe
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,802,715
- Countries and territories with records
- 150
About this species
This species has 1,802,715 occurrence records from 150 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (23.6%), the Netherlands (12.4%), Norway (11.7%), the United Kingdom (8.9%) and France (7.1%); together they account for 63.9% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Oenanthe oenanthe combines the genus name Oenanthe with the species epithet oenanthe. The Warbla app catalog lists 30 species of the genus Oenanthe; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Oenanthe familiaris, Oenanthe isabellina and Oenanthe hispanica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 15.4 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.