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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