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Kurdish wheatear

Oenanthe xanthoprymna (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

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The kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 21.5 g to 22.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna)
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the kurdish wheatear

Weight
21.5 g – 22.7 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
4.95src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the kurdish wheatear live?

Not recorded

What is the kurdish wheatear?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna), also known as the Kurdistan wheatear, the chestnut-rumped wheatear or the red-rumped wheatear, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. The red-tailed wheatear (O. chrysopygia) was formerly considered a subspecies of this bird but is now often regarded as a separate species. The two may intergrade in Iran ("O. x. cummingi") but it is also possible that the rather differently coloured cummingi is in fact a one-year-old O. xanthoprymna with intermediate plumage.

From the Wikipedia article “Kurdish wheatear” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurdish_wheatear&oldid=1314775728), 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 kurdish wheatear endangered?

The kurdish 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.

How is the kurdish wheatear classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusOenanthe
  7. SpeciesOenanthe xanthoprymna (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

Synonyms Oenanthe chrysopygia chrysopygia, Oenanthe xanthoprymna cummingi, Oenanthe xanthoprymna hawkeri, Oenanthe xanthoprymna xanthoprymna, Saxicola cummingi, Saxicola hawkeri, Saxicola xanthoprymna

Other names and names in other languages (56)
  • Chestnut-rumped wheatearEnglish
  • Kurdistan wheatearEnglish
  • Kurdistan wheatearEnglish
  • Red-rumped wheatearEnglish
  • Red-tailed wheatearEnglish
  • أبلق كرديArabic
  • Кюрдско каменарчеBulgarian
  • Bistrak belost rousBreton
  • còlit persaCatalan
  • Якшар пачан сиргекMari
  • bělořit bělobrvýCzech
  • tinwen gynffongochWelsh
  • Kurdisk StenpikkerDanish
  • Rødhalet StenpikkerDanish
  • RostbürzelsteinschmätzerGerman
  • Rostbürzel-SteinschmätzerGerman
  • Πετρόκλης του ΚουρδιστάνGreek
  • kurda enantoEsperanto
  • Collalba persaSpanish
  • punapära-kivitäksEstonian
  • چکچک کردیPersian
  • چکچک کردستانیPersian
  • punaperätaskuFinnish
  • Traquet kurdeFrench
  • Clochrán earrdheargIrish
  • Thoyn-vane ChurdaghScottish Gaelic
  • סלעית חלודת-שתHebrew
  • סלעית כורדיתHebrew
  • kestenjastorepa bjeloguzaCroatian
  • kurd hantmadárHungarian
  • vörösfarkú hantmadárHungarian
  • Շիկապոչ քարաթռչնակArmenian
  • KlettadepillIcelandic
  • Monachella codirossaItalian
  • コシアカサバクヒタキJapanese
  • rusvasturplis kūltupysLithuanian
  • Kurdistānas čakstīteLatvian
  • Koerdische TapuitDutch
  • Westelijke RoodstaarttapuitDutch
  • rustgumpsteinskvettNorwegian
  • złotorzytka rdzawosternaPolish
  • chasco-curdoPortuguese
  • chasco-de-cauda-ruivaPortuguese
  • chasco-persaPortuguese
  • Курдская каменкаRussian
  • Курдистанская каменкаRussian
  • RuksesculpegeaðgerásttisNorthern Sami
  • skaliarik žltochvostýSlovak
  • rdečerepi kupčarSlovenian
  • Kurdistanska beloguzaSerbian
  • kurdstenskvättaSwedish
  • Kızılca KuyrukkakanTurkish
  • кам’янка золотогузаUkrainian
  • 黑脸红尾䳭Chinese
  • 庫德紅尾鵖Chinese
  • 黑臉紅尾䳭Chinese

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Relatives of the kurdish wheatear

Other species in the same genus Oenanthe.

CompareKurdish wheatear vs Northern wheatearKurdish wheatear vs Isabelline wheatearKurdish wheatear vs Desert wheatearKurdish wheatear vs Western black-eared wheatear

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the kurdish wheatear?

An adult kurdish wheatear weighs 21.5 g – 22.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the kurdish wheatear endangered?

The kurdish 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 kurdish wheatear?

The kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kurdish-wheatear

MLA

“Kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kurdish-wheatear.

BibTeX
@misc{kurdish_wheatear_2026,
  title = {Kurdish wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kurdish-wheatear},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}