Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Muscicapidae: Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica/melanoleuca (0, 4)

STATUS: Extremely rare. BBRC.

1). 1971 St Agnes, adult male, 24th September.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 341).

2). 1977 Samson, male, 22nd to 26th April, photo, O. h. hispanica

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 71: 516; R. W. Allen, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1977: 49-50; Flood, Hudson & Thomas, 2007: plate 111).

3). 1987 Samson Hill, Bryher, female or first-winter, 20th September.

(W. E. Oddie, Twitching 1: 263-264; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 541).

4). 2022 Golf Course, St Mary's, 2CY+, male, 2nd May, photo.

(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 590).