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Hume's wheatear

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Hume's wheatear
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species:
O. albonigra
Binomial name
Oenanthe albonigra
(Hume, 1872)

Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

The name commemorates the British naturalist Allan Octavian Hume, who worked in India.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Oenanthe albonigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22710248A155518584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710248A155518584.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.


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