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Red-tailed wheatear

Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)

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The red-tailed wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia) 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.

Red-tailed wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)
Photo: Pkspks · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-tailed 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 red-tailed wheatear live?

Not recorded

What is the red-tailed wheatear?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-tailed wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia), 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 Kurdish wheatear (O. xanthoprymna) but is now often regarded as a separate species.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-tailed wheatear” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-tailed_wheatear&oldid=1319192960), 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 red-tailed wheatear endangered?

The red-tailed 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 red-tailed wheatear classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusOenanthe
  7. SpeciesOenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)

Synonyms Dromolaea chrysopygia, Oenanthe chrysopygia chrysopygia, Oenanthe xanthoprymna chrysopygia, Saxicola philothamna

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • Afghan wheatearEnglish
  • Persian wheatearEnglish
  • Rusty-tailed wheatearEnglish
  • أبلق أحمر الذيلArabic
  • Червеноопашато каменарчеBulgarian
  • còlit de l'AfganistanCatalan
  • bělořit perskýCzech
  • AfghanstenpikkerDanish
  • Afghan-stenpikkerDanish
  • KaukasussteinschmätzerGerman
  • rufavosta enantoEsperanto
  • Collalba afganaSpanish
  • pärsia kivitäksEstonian
  • چکچک ایرانیPersian
  • persiantaskuFinnish
  • Traquet de PerseFrench
  • Traquet à queue rousseFrench
  • Clochrán AfganastánachIrish
  • סלעית פרסיתHebrew
  • crvenorepa bjeloguzaCroatian
  • vörösfarkú hantmadárHungarian
  • Monachella codarossaItalian
  • Monachella codirossa orientaleItalian
  • アカオサバクヒタキJapanese
  • ペルシアサバクヒタキJapanese
  • melsvakrūtis kūltupysLithuanian
  • Persijas čakstīteLatvian
  • Шӧртньӹ пачан сиргекWestern Mari
  • RusthalesteinskvettNorwegian Bokmål
  • RoodstaarttapuitDutch
  • Oostelijke RoodstaarttapuitDutch
  • ruststjertsteinskvettNorwegian
  • złotorzytka perskaPolish
  • chasco-afegãoPortuguese
  • chasco-de-cauda-ruivaPortuguese
  • Златогузая каменкаRussian
  • Азиатская златогузая каменкаRussian
  • skaliarik perzskýSlovak
  • Persijska beloguzaSerbian
  • persisk stenskvättaSwedish
  • İran KuyrukkakanıTurkish
  • кам’янка перськаUkrainian
  • 紅尾䳭Chinese
  • 紅尾鵖Chinese
  • 红尾䳭Chinese

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Relatives of the red-tailed 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 red-tailed wheatear?

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

Is the red-tailed wheatear endangered?

The red-tailed 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 red-tailed wheatear?

The red-tailed wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{red_tailed_wheatear_2026,
  title = {Red-tailed wheatear (Oenanthe chrysopygia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-tailed-wheatear},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}