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Capped Wheatear
The capped wheatear ( Oenanthe pileata ) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
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Capped Wheatear
The capped wheatear ( Oenanthe pileata ) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
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Here year-round
A resident species, so no month is the wrong month. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 1,511 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
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1,511 records, iNaturalist
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