The Cyprus wheatear, which resembles the pied wheatear except in 14 external morphometric characters, has a distinctive song.
This species closely resembles pied wheatear, although it has slightly more black on the tail and back, and on the head. A 2010 study found that Cyprus wheatear differs from pied wheatear in fourteen external morphometric characters. The song is distinctive, and very different from that of pied wheatear, resembling an insect. 
