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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	25 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,000,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.1 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common, although scarce in Pakistan. The population in the United Arab Emirates is estimated as 1,000-10,000 pairs (del Hoyo et al. 2005).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Bahrain	extant	vagrant			yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	vagrant			yes
Oman	extant	native	yes
Pakistan	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Afghanistan	Registan desert
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Arjan Protected Area
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Khabr-va-Rouchoon Wildlife Refuge
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Kuh-i Bazman
Oman	Jabal al Akhdar
Oman	Musandam (mainland)
Oman	Quriyat - Daghmar
United Arab Emirates	Wadi Wurayah

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Desert	Hot	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	marginal	resident
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/humes-wheatear-oenanthe-albonigra on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.