Heuglin's wheatear
Oenanthe heuglini (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The heuglin's wheatear (Oenanthe heuglini) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.9 g to 20 g.
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Quick facts about the heuglin's 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
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the heuglin's wheatear live?
Not recorded
Is the heuglin's wheatear endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the heuglin's wheatear classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusOenanthe
- SpeciesOenanthe heuglini (Finsch & Hartlaub, 1870)
Synonyms Oenanthe bottae heuglini, Oenanthe heuglini, Oenanthe heuglini campicolina, Oenanthe heuglini heuglini, Oenanthe heuglinii heuglinii, Saxicola campicolina, Saxicola heuglini, Saxicola heuglini
Relatives of the heuglin's wheatear
Other species in the same genus Oenanthe.
Northern wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Desert wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
Western black-eared wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica
Pied wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
Black wheatear
Oenanthe leucura
CompareHeuglin's wheatear vs Northern wheatearHeuglin's wheatear vs Isabelline wheatearHeuglin's wheatear vs Desert wheatearHeuglin's wheatear vs Western black-eared wheatear
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the heuglin's wheatear?
An adult heuglin's wheatear weighs 19.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the heuglin's wheatear?
The heuglin's wheatear (Oenanthe heuglini) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
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