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Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)

Hume's Wheatear (Oenanthe albonigra)

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Open encyclopedia reference

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.

Wikipedia contributors, Hume's wheatear; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:04:41.205306+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
Name authority
(Hume, 1872)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Oenanthe
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
  11. genusOenanthe Vieillot, 1816
  12. speciesOenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Oenanthe. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Red-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae (Bonaparte, 1854)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1884)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Oenanthe dubia (Blundell & Lovat, 1899)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica (Linnaeus, 1758)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga (C. L. Brehm, 1855)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black WheatearOenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Arabian WheatearOenanthe lugentoides (Seebohm, 1881)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha (Temminck, 1825)MuscicapidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 243 records assigned to Muscicapidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Oenanthe alboniger (Hume, 1872) (Hume, 1872)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916353 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:48X5L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.