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Isabelline Wheatear

இளம்பழுப்பு புதர்ச்சிட்டு

Oenanthe isabellina

Least concern

Isabelline Wheatear
Lip Kee Yap · CC BY-SA 2.0

Overview

The isabelline wheatear 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.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Isabelline wheatear — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): இசபெல்லின் புதர்ச்சிட்டு — CC BY-SA 4.0