Northern wheatear or whitetail, Oenanthe oenanthe. Males in breeding plumage (foreground) and winter plumage (background). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Bechstein’s Cage and Chamber-Birds, George Bell, Covent Garden, London, 1889.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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