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Desert Wheatear

Oenanthe deserti

Least concern

Desert Wheatear
Shantanu Kuveskar · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The desert wheatear is a wheatear, a small 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). It is a migratory insectivorous species, 14.5 to 15 cm in length. Both western and eastern forms of the desert wheatear are rare vagrants to western Europe. The western desert wheatear breeds in the Sahara and the northern Arabian Peninsula. The eastern race is found in the semi-deserts of Central Asia and in winter in Pakistan and northeast Africa.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Desert wheatear — CC BY-SA 4.0