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Genus Oenanthe
Oenanthe albonigra - The Hume's Wheatear is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
Oenanthe bifasciata - The Buff-streaked Chat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Oenanthe chrysopygia - The Red-tailed Wheatear , also known as the Rusty-tailed Wheatear, Persian Wheatear or Afghan Wheatear, is a small passerine bird breeding in mountainous areas of south-west and central Asia. It belongs to the wheatear genus Oenanthe which was formerly placed in the thrush family Turdidae but is now in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The Red-tailed Wheatear used to be considered a subspecies of the Kurdistan Wheatear but is now often regarded as a separate species.
Cyprus Wheatear - This migratory insectivorous species was formerly considered a race of Pied Wheatear. It breeds only in Cyprus, and winters in southern Sudan and Ethiopia.
Desert Wheatear - It is a migratory insectivorous species, 14.5 to 15 cm in length. Both western and eastern forms of the Desert Wheatear are rare vagrants to western Europe.
Finsch's Wheatear - This 15-16 cm long bird breeds in semi-desert and stony hillsides from Turkey east to Afghanistan and western Pakistan. It is a short-distance migrant, wintering in Egypt and the Greater Middle East. It wanders to Cyprus with some frequency. The nest is built in a rock crevice, and 4-5 eggs is the normal clutch.
Black-eared Wheatear - This 13.5-15.5 cm long insectivorous species is dimorphic with eastern and western races. In both forms, birds with or without a black throat are met with.
Isabelline Wheatear - It is a migratory insectivorous bird. It breeds in southern Russia and central Asia to Northern Pakistan, wintering in Africa and India.
White-tailed Wheatear - This large 17–18 cm long wheatear breeds in stony deserts from the Sahara and Arabia across to Iraq. It is largely resident but as occurred as a rare vagrant to western Europe as far away as Great Britain. It nests in crevices in rocks or walls laying 3-5 eggs.
Black Wheatear - This large 16-18 cm long wheatear breeds on cliffs and rocky slopes in western north Africa and Iberia. It is largely resident and nests in crevices in rocks laying 3-6 eggs.
Mourning Wheatear - The Mourning Wheatear was first described by Lichenstein in 1823. It is an elegant and strikingly beautiful bird found in semi-desert areas in North Africa and the Middle East. It is sexually dimorphic with the females sporting more subtle plumage.
Arabian Wheatear - The Arabian Wheatear is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Red-rumped Wheatear - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Hooded Wheatear - This 15.5-17 cm long bird is a resident breeder in unvegetated desert from eastern Egypt through the Arabian peninsula to Iran and Pakistan. It has occurred as a wanderer to Cyprus. The nest is built in a rock crevice, and 3-6 eggs is the normal clutch.
Mountain Wheatear - This non-migratory wheatear is resident in mountainous and rocky habitats in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and southernmost Angola.
Northern Wheatear - The Northern Wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and Asia with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds winter in Africa.
Somali Wheatear - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
Variable Wheatear - Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Capped Wheatear - This wheatear is found in open dry sandy and stony habitats and short grassland with a few bushes and termite mounds in Africa, from Kenya and Angola south to the Cape. It is largely non-migratory, but undertakes seasonal movements.
Pied Wheatear - This migratory central Asiatic wheatear occurs from the extreme southeast of Europe to China, and has been found wintering in India and northeastern Africa. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
Rufous-tailed Wheatear - Its breeding range covers south-east Turkey, northern Iraq and western Iran. It migrates south in winter to the Arabian Peninsula and north-east Africa.