Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Muscicapidae > Oenanthe > Oenanthe picataOenanthe picata (Variable Wheatear)The variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.74954 EDGE Score: 1.74912 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 22 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 90 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Incubation [3] | 12 days | | Migration [4] | Intracontinental |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe |
Kazahkstan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Badghyz and Karabil semi-desert |
Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Tajikistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Baluchistan xeric woodlands |
Pakistan, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands |
Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Central Persian desert basins |
Iran, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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East Afghan montane conifer forests |
Pakistan, Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Temperate Coniferous Forests |
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Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert |
Oman, United Arab Emirates |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Hindu Kush alpine meadow |
Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Indus Valley desert |
Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe |
Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, India |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests |
India |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Kopet Dag semi-desert |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe |
Iran, Turkmenistan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Northwestern thorn scrub forests |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Pamir alpine desert and tundra |
China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Paropamisus xeric woodlands |
Afghanistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Registan-North Pakistan sandy desert |
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert |
Iran, Iraq, Pakistan |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Taklimakan desert |
China |
Palearctic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Thar desert |
India, Pakistan |
Indo-Malayan |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows |
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows |
India, Nepal |
Palearctic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Zagros Mountains forest steppe |
Iran |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Badhyz |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Dangara massif |
Tajikistan |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Darasay Gorge |
Uzbekistan |
A1, A3 |
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Deh Bakhri area |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B3 |
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Dushakerekdag |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Garabil |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Gurykhovudan |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Khabr-va-Rouchoon Wildlife Refuge |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3, B3 |
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Khosh-Yeilagh |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3 |
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Koytendag |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Kuh-i Bazman |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
A3 |
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Kurendag: Garagoz |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Kurtusuv: Khovudan |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Middle reaches of the Sherabad River |
Uzbekistan |
A1, A3 |
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Mogoltau massif |
Tajikistan |
A1, A3 |
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Musandam (mainland) |
Oman |
B3 |
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Nuratau Range |
Uzbekistan |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Registan desert |
Afghanistan |
A1, A3 |
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Sarmysh Nature Park |
Uzbekistan |
A1, A3 |
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Sumbar |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Uly Balkan |
Turkmenistan |
A1, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Himalaya |
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan |
No |
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Irano-Anatolian |
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
No |
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Mountains of Central Asia |
Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
No |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.orgEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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