Isabelline Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina is a wheatear (genus Oenanthe), part of the Thrush family of birds, Turdidae .

It is a migratory insectivorous bird. It breeds in southern Russia and central Asia, wintering in Africa and India.

It is like a female Northern Wheatear but it is larger, more upright and more tawny in colour, and has more black on its tail. The axillaries and underwing coverts are white, whereas in the commoner bird they are mottled with grey. Sexes are similar.

Length, 6.5 inches. Wing, 3.9 inches.

It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.