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Oenanthe oenanthe (northern wheatear)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Muscicapidae

Taxonomy
Motacilla oenanthe was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oenanthe oenanthe by Seguí et al. (1997), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. lachenalii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Motacilla oenanthe Linnaeus p. 186
1997Oenanthe oenanthe Seguí et al. p. 236
2002Oenanthe oenanthe Mlikovsky p. 241
2017Oenanthe oenanthe Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyMuscicapidaeFleming 1822
genusOenantheVieillot 1816
speciesoenanthe()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Oenanthe oenanthe Linnaeus 1758 [northern wheatear]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:42:28
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:28
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Oenanthe oenanthe (125089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Oenanthe oenanthe (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Oenanthe oenanthe (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Oenanthe oenanthe (199941)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Oenanthe oenanthe (194936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Oenanthe oenanthe (215378)