Capped Wheatear
An Old World flycatcher
family Muscicapidae...in
southern Sub-Saharan Africa.
family Muscicapidae...in
southern Sub-Saharan Africa.
Oenanthe pileata
(L 6.5" Wt 1.1 oz)
Road from Lake Naivasha
to Masai Mara
to Masai Mara
21Oct2014
“Oh, what is that bird?”
“It is a wheatear. We have seen
between two and three hundred since
we set out, and I have told you their
name twice, nay, three times.”
between two and three hundred since
we set out, and I have told you their
name twice, nay, three times.”
(Patrick O‘Brian)
Oenanthe is Greek for a bird
mentioned by Aristotle, called a
wheatear by others; pileata is
Latin for capped.
mentioned by Aristotle, called a
wheatear by others; pileata is
Latin for capped.
© eBird
© Tom
Stephenson
Macaulay
Library
Stephenson
Macaulay
Library