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Buff-breasted wheatear

Oenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The buff-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.8 g to 19.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Buff-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)
Photo: jackyjudas · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the buff-breasted wheatear

Weight
19.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the buff-breasted wheatear live?

Not recorded

What is the buff-breasted wheatear?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The buff-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae), also known as Botta's wheatear or the red-breasted wheatear, is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the Asir Mountains. The species is named after Paul-Émile Botta.

Heuglin's wheatear (O. heuglini) and the rusty-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe frenata) were formerly considered to be conspecific.

From the Wikipedia article “Buff-breasted wheatear” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buff-breasted_wheatear&oldid=1338583567), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the buff-breasted wheatear endangered?

The buff-breasted wheatear is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the buff-breasted wheatear classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusOenanthe
  7. SpeciesOenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)

Synonyms Campicola bottae

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • BBWHEnglish
  • Botta's wheatearEnglish
  • Red-breasted wheatearEnglish
  • أبلق أحمر الصدرArabic
  • Червеногърдо каменарчеBulgarian
  • còlit de pit rogencCatalan
  • bělořit rezavoprsýCzech
  • tinwen frongochWelsh
  • Rødbrystet StenpikkerDanish
  • BraunbruststeinschmätzerGerman
  • Braunbrust-SteinschmätzerGerman
  • Ockerbrust-SteinschmätzerGerman
  • okrabrusta enantoEsperanto
  • Collalba de BottaSpanish
  • ruugerind-kivitäksEstonian
  • nokiotsataskuFinnish
  • Traquet de BottaFrench
  • Traquet à poitrine rousseFrench
  • Clochrán uchtruaIrish
  • Thoyn-vane chleeau-ruyScottish Gaelic
  • crvenkasta bjeloguzaCroatian
  • barnamellű hantmadárHungarian
  • Monachella pettorossoItalian
  • チャムネサバクヒタキJapanese
  • rusvakrūtis kūltupysLithuanian
  • rudkrūšu čakstīteLatvian
  • rødbryststeinskvettNorwegian Bokmål
  • BruinborsttapuitDutch
  • Jemenitische TapuitDutch
  • kanelbryststeinskvettNorwegian
  • białorzytka czarnouchaPolish
  • chasco-de-peito-ruivoPortuguese
  • chasco-de-peito-camurçaPortuguese
  • chasco-de-peito-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Рыжегрудая каменкаRussian
  • skaliarik hrdzavoprsýSlovak
  • Crvenogruda beloguzaSerbian
  • jemenstenskvättaSwedish
  • svartpannad stenskvättaSwedish
  • Kızıl Göğüslü KuyrukkakanTurkish
  • кам’янка рудоволаUkrainian
  • 紅胸鵖Chinese
  • 紅胸鵖Chinese
  • 红胸䳭Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the buff-breasted wheatear

Other species in the same genus Oenanthe.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the buff-breasted wheatear?

An adult buff-breasted wheatear weighs 19.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the buff-breasted wheatear endangered?

The buff-breasted wheatear is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the buff-breasted wheatear?

The buff-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{buff_breasted_wheatear_2026,
  title = {Buff-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe bottae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/buff-breasted-wheatear},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}