wheatear

IPA: wˈitˈɪr

noun

  • Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
  • especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
  • An ear of wheat.
  • A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
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Examples of "wheatear" in Sentences

  • Response: This is an adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka.
  • It was a female wheatear, on Blackford Moor, a mile or so behind my home.
  • As I watch the wheatear bobbing up and down on the roll of hay, I wish it well, and look forward to welcoming it again next spring, as it passes through my home patch once more, on its way north.
  • Here's a video that was shot along the coast of the Black Sea in Bulgaria of a singing male pied wheatear: You are invited to review all of the daily mystery birds by going to their dedicated graphic index page.
  • Adult male pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (protonym, Motacilla pleschanka), also known as the common pied wheatear, Pleschanka's wheatear, or as Pleschanka's (pied) chat, photographed at Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (Africa).
  • This species is strongly dichromatic, meaning that the males and females have distinctive plumage colours and patterns -- a characteristic that distinguishes it from the monochromatic Cyprus pied wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca, with which it was formerly considered to be conspecific.

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