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Where does the White-crowned Wheatear live?

Oenanthe leucopyga has 34,238 records in 37 countries and territories, from 1845 to 2026. Most records come from Morocco.

White-crowned Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeOenanthe

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Morocco 14,100
Israel 11,490
Egypt 2,091
Jordan 1,246
Saudi Arabia 1,022
Netherlands 876
Algeria 824
Palestine 703
Western Sahara 337
Tunisia 323
Mauritania 298
Kuwait 246
Djibouti 150
Denmark 103
United Arab Emirates 94
Niger 82
Chad 46
Ethiopia 41
Germany 29
Poland 23
Libya 19
Sudan 18
Cyprus 14
Türkiye 12
United Kingdom 11
Oman 11
France 9
Lebanon 5
Iran 3
Malta 3
Italy 2
Qatar 2
Bahrain 1
Spain 1
Greece 1
Mali 1
South Africa 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.