black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)

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Subject:	black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
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Adult male of eastern race (Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca)

Description
English: Male eastern black-eared wheatear at Ipsilou Monastery, Lesvos, Greece
Date 6 May 2009
Author Mark S Jobling
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:45-090506-black-eared-wheatear-at-Ipsilou-Monastery-.jpg

The black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
This 13.5–15.5 cm long insectivorous species is dimorphic with eastern and western races, sometimes split as eastern black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca) and western black-eared wheatear (which then retains the name hispanica). In both forms, birds with or without a black throat are met with. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Muscicapidae.

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