Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa) - 20140921-09

            Small thrush-like bird with distinctive black-and-white tail pattern best seen in flight. Breeding male is overall pale with gray back and buffy throat, black mask, and black wings. Breeding female is duller without black mask. Nonbreeding and immature birds are bright buffy overall with subtle pale eyebrow and lack contrasting black wings. Note long legs and upright posture. Tends to stay on the ground or on low perches. Primarily Eurasian species; breeds in areas of bare rock and short grass and winters in Africa. Very rare in the continental U.S.

This non-breeding male showed up most unexpectedly in Ottawa, Canada some years ago.  Every birder for hundreds of miles around came to see him.  This is a huge crop of a digiscoped photo, but it's actually the best Northern Wheatear photo I have.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  September 2014.

Taken on: February 26, 2021

Tags:

Adult

Basic

Muscicapidae

Canada

Ontario

Ottawa

Least Concern « less

Sets appears in: • North American Passerines • Birds of Ontario more » • Old World Flycatchers • Canada - Ontario « less

Groups appears in: • North American Birds: Field Guide (Total = 687 Birds) • Birds of the Western Palearctic (WP) more » • Ottawa Wildlife • Birds in Ontario • Ottawa Birds • Bird Nerd Herd « less

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