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Hume's wheatear

Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

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The hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 25 g to 26.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)
Photo: Jacky Judas · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the hume's wheatear

Weight
25 g – 26.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
rockysrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.2src 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 hume's wheatear live?

Not recorded

What is the hume's wheatear?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. This black-and-white bird is found in southern Afghanistan, Iran, extreme northeast Iraq, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

From the Wikipedia article “Hume's wheatear” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hume%27s_wheatear&oldid=1382994692), 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 hume's wheatear endangered?

The hume's 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 hume's wheatear classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusOenanthe
  7. SpeciesOenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

Synonyms Oenanthe alboniger, Oenanthe alboniger alboniger, Oenanthe alboniger alboniger, Saxicola alboniger

Other names and names in other languages (44)
  • Hume’s wheatearEnglish
  • Hume’s wheatearEnglish
  • أبلق هيوميArabic
  • الفقاقة السوداء بيضاء الظهرArabic
  • ابلق هيومىEgyptian Arabic
  • Черноглаво каменарчеBulgarian
  • còlit de HumeCatalan
  • bělořit černohlavýCzech
  • Sorthovedet StenpikkerDanish
  • SchwarzkopfsteinschmätzerGerman
  • Schwarzkopf-SteinschmätzerGerman
  • nigrakapa enantoEsperanto
  • Collalba de HumeSpanish
  • harak-kivitäksEstonian
  • چکچک سیاه شکم سفیدPersian
  • munkkitaskuFinnish
  • Traquet de HumeFrench
  • Clochrán ceanndubhIrish
  • סלעית גדולהHebrew
  • crnoglava bjeloguzaCroatian
  • feketefejű hantmadárHungarian
  • GjádepillIcelandic
  • Monachella di HumeItalian
  • ズグロサバクヒタキJapanese
  • juodagalvis kūltupysLithuanian
  • melngalvas čakstīteLatvian
  • Humes TapuitDutch
  • ZwartkoptapuitDutch
  • nonnesteinskvettNorwegian
  • białorzytka czarnogłowaPolish
  • chasco-de-humePortuguese
  • chasco-alvinegroPortuguese
  • Черноголовая каменкаRussian
  • MuŋkageađgerásttisNorthern Sami
  • skaliarik čierno-bielySlovak
  • čmobeli kupčarSlovenian
  • Hjumova beloguzaSerbian
  • Хјумова белогузаSerbian
  • svartvit stenskvättaSwedish
  • Hume KuyrukkakanıTurkish
  • кам’янка чорноголоваUkrainian
  • Кам'янка чорноголоваUkrainian
  • 黑白䳭Chinese
  • 休梅氏鵖Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the hume's 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 hume's wheatear?

An adult hume's wheatear weighs 25 g – 26.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the hume's wheatear endangered?

The hume's 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 hume's wheatear?

The hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humes-wheatear

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BibTeX
@misc{humes_wheatear_2026,
  title = {Hume's wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humes-wheatear},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}