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Somali wheatear

Oenanthe phillipsi (Shelley, 1885)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 19.6 g to 23.8 g and live up to 9.6 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the somali wheatear

Weight
19.6 g – 23.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
9.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
10.1 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
desertsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3.5 – 5.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the somali wheatear live?

Not recorded

What is the somali wheatear?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in northeast Ethiopia and northeast Somalia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

From the Wikipedia article “Somali wheatear” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali_wheatear&oldid=1380714049), 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 somali wheatear endangered?

The somali 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 somali wheatear classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMuscicapidae
  6. genusOenanthe
  7. SpeciesOenanthe phillipsi (Shelley, 1885)

Synonyms Oenanthe oenanthe phillipsi, Saxicola phillipsi

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • SOWHEnglish
  • Сомалийско каменарчеBulgarian
  • còlit de SomàliaCatalan
  • bělořit somálskýCzech
  • tinwen SomaliaWelsh
  • Somali StenpikkerDanish
  • SomalisteinschmätzerGerman
  • Somali-SteinschmätzerGerman
  • somalia enantoEsperanto
  • Collalba somalíSpanish
  • somaali kivitäksEstonian
  • somaliantaskuFinnish
  • Traquet de SomalieFrench
  • crnoprsa bjeloguzaCroatian
  • szomáli hantmadárHungarian
  • Monachella di SomaliaItalian
  • ソマリアハシグロヒタキJapanese
  • ソマリハシグロヒタキJapanese
  • somalinis kūltupysLithuanian
  • Somalische TapuitDutch
  • somalisteinskvettNorwegian
  • białorzytka szarogrzbietaPolish
  • chasco-somaliPortuguese
  • Сомалийская каменкаRussian
  • skaliarik sivochrbtýSlovak
  • Somalijska beloguzaSerbian
  • somaliastenskvättaSwedish
  • Somali KuyrukkakanıTurkish
  • кам’янка сомалійськаUkrainian
  • 索马里䳭Chinese
  • 索馬利亞鵖Chinese
  • 索馬利鵖Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the somali 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 somali wheatear?

An adult somali wheatear weighs 19.6 g – 23.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the somali wheatear endangered?

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

How long does the somali wheatear live?

The somali wheatear has a recorded lifespan of 9.6 years.

What kind of animal is the somali wheatear?

The somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/somali-wheatear

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BibTeX
@misc{somali_wheatear_2026,
  title = {Somali wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/somali-wheatear},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}