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#1192 · 🐦 birds

Western Black-eared Wheatear

🇳🇱 Blonde Tapuit ·Oenanthe hispanica

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Western Black-eared Wheatear, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Javisa Hun · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Black-eared wheatear has been split into the following 2 species:

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,225iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 2,225 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Nederlands
Blonde Tapuit
scientific name
Oenanthe hispanica
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Muscicapidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
1,297
sightings worldwide
2,225
GBIF records in NL
1,209
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Muscicapidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12825, Wikidata Q385723, GBIF 5231235, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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