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Hume's wheatear

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Hume's wheatear
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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]

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  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 173–174.