Rusty-breasted wheatear

Rusty-breasted wheatear
In Ethiopia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Oenanthe
Species:	O. frenata
Binomial name
Oenanthe frenata (Heuglin, 1869)

The rusty-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe frenata) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is native to the Ethiopian Highlands.

The rusty-breasted wheatear was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the red-breasted wheatear(Oenanthe bottae) which is now renamed the buff-breasted wheatear. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International. (2016). "Oenanthe frenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T103774137A104221676. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103774137A104221676.en . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
3. Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M.; Christie, D.A. (2022). Billerman, S.M.; Sly, N.D. (eds.). "Rusty-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe frenata), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.rebwhe3.01.