White-crowned Black Wheatear
Oenanthe leucopyga (CL Brehm, 1855)
WHCBL 
11570
Family: Passeriformes > Muscicapidae
A bird of hot, dry habitats in North Africa and the Middle East, White-crowned Black Wheatear is generally sedentary in its habits.
An extremely rare visitor to Britain, added to the British List following one at Kessingland, Suffolk, in June 1982.
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BTO RECORDS
BTO RECORDS
Identification
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Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.
CONSERVATION STATUS
This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.
| IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (global) |
Least Concern 
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| Schedule 1 license required (to disturb) | No |
| Birds Directive Annex 1 | No |
POPULATION SIZE
We have no population estimates for this scarce species.
| BOU Category | A |
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First Record
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Suffolk, 1982 |
Movement
Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.
RINGING RECOVERIES
View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.
Biology
Lifecycle and body size information about White-crowned Black Wheatear, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.
PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING
Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.
BIOMETRICS
Sample sizes are too small to report Biometrics for this species.
Feather measurements and photos on featherbase
CODES & CLASSIFICATION
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Field Codes
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5-letter code: WHCBL | Euring: 11570 |
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Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com
- Potential influence of habitat and predation on local breeding success and population in spotted flycatchers Muscicapa striata
- Pied flycatchers prefer to nest in clean nest boxes in an area with detrimental nest ectoparasites
- Body-mass variation in breeding northern wheatears: a field experiment with supplementary food
Read more studies about White-crowned Black Wheatear on Conservation Evidence >
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