Wheatear - Wikipedia The name "wheatear" is not derived from "wheat" or any sense of "ear", but is a folk etymology of "white" and "arse", referring to the prominent white rump found in most species
Northern Wheatear Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology The common name “wheatear” refers to the conspicuous white rump of this species During the nonbreeding season in Africa, Northern Wheatears seek out large evergreen trees to stay cool in the shade during the hottest part of the day
Northern Wheatear | Audubon Field Guide On fall weekends in the northeast, birders sometimes hope (but never expect) to find a Wheatear This small chat enters the North American arctic from both directions, via both Greenland and Alaska
Wheatear Bird Facts (Oenanthe oenanthe) | Birdfact The Wheatear is a small, striking bird with a distinctive white rump and tail with a black T-shaped marking Males in breeding plumage have blue-grey upperparts, black wings, and a black bandit-style mask, contrasting with pale orange to buff-white underparts and white foreheads
Northern Wheatear - eBird Small thrush-like bird with distinctive black-and-white tail pattern best seen in flight Throughout most of range, 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
Wheatear | Migratory, Passerine, Songbird | Britannica wheatear, (genus Oenanthe), any of a group of approximately 20 species of thrushes belonging to the family Muscicapidae (Some classifications place these birds in family Turdidae ) They resemble wagtails in having pied plumage and the tail-wagging habit (with body bobbing)
Northern Wheatear - Facts, Diet, Habitat Pictures on . . . - Animalia The Northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird that is widespread in Europe and North and Central Asia Its English name has nothing to do with wheat or with ear but is an altered or bowdlerised form of white-arse, which refers to its prominent white rump
Arctic Birds: Northern Wheatear - U. S. National Park Service The Northern Wheatear is one of Gates of the Arctic’s most remarkable visitors In February, it is wrapping up its winter stay under the tropical sun of sub-Saharan Africa, and by the end of May, it has made its way back to the park’s tundra slopes, still partially covered in snow, to breed
Northern wheatear - Wikipedia The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family It is the most widespread member of the wheatear genus Oenanthe in Europe and North and Central Asia