Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Oenanthe oenanthe
Northern Wheatear



Size: 14-16 cm
Habitat
In the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, they usually live in clearings and open-lands in high mountains scrubs and heathlands with brooms or scarce vegetation, steppes, scrublands, barren areas, wastelands, moorlands, meadows, pastures, cropland surroundings, dunes and riverbanks. They settle in high altitudes in Sierra Nevada, even above the 2,500 m altitude.
They can also be seen in lowlands during the migration period. They do not breed in the south.
During the migration period they are further spread and they can be seen in coastal grasslands, scrublands, clear spaces, pastures, meadows and croplands.