Thrushes (Turdidae)
Blackstart (Cercomela melanura) - HBW 10, p. 791
French: Traquet à queue noire
German: Schwarzschwanz
Spanish: Colinegro Común
Other common names: Black-tailed Chat/Rockchat, Black-tailed Cercomela
Taxonomy: Saxicola melanura Temminck, 1824, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
Species often given as erlangeri, but that name invalid, as preoccupied. Race ultima individually highly variable, possibly not distinct from airensis. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ultima Bates, 1933 - E Mali and W Niger.
- airensis Hartert, 1921 - N Niger (Aïr) E to C Sudan.
- melanura (Temminck, 1824) - Israel, Jordan and extreme NE Egypt (Sinai) S to NW and interior C & S Arabia.
- ultima Bates, 1933 - E Mali and W Niger.
- airensis Hartert, 1921 - N Niger (Aïr) E to C Sudan.
- melanura (Temminck, 1824) - Israel, Jordan and extreme NE Egypt (Sinai) S to NW and interior C & S Arabia.
- neumanni Ripley, 1952 - SW Saudi Arabia, W & S Yemen and SW Oman.
- lypura (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - NC & NE Sudan, and SE Egypt S to Eritrea.
- aussae Thesiger & Meynell, 1934 - NE Ethiopia, Djibouti and N Somalia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree and a close-up. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp aussae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 49 sec 4.6 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp aussae)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 48 sec 4.5 -
A close up Locality Al Mughsayl, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp neumanni )
Eric Roualet 13 November 2010 2 years ago 10 sec 4 -
A bird calling Locality Dead Sea, Jordan (ssp melanura)
Christian Dortu 31 March 2004 8 years ago 14 sec 3.9 -
A perched bird Locality Al Mughsayl, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp neumanni )
Eric Roualet 13 November 2010 2 years ago 10 sec 3 -
A bird calling on a rock Locality Dead Sea, Jordan (ssp melanura)
Christian Dortu 31 March 2004 8 years ago 9 sec 2.8
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A bird perched
Locality Israel
CarlosNaza 26 January 2011 2 years ago 4.5 -
on a rock at jordan river near Karkom
Locality Karkom, Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 19 November 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
John A Thompson 5 November 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
very common in the Sinai Desert, and also in western Saudi Arabia
Locality Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
ammadoux 22 November 2009 2 years ago 4.1 -
A bird on a rock.
Locality Al Mughsayl, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp neumanni)
Fran Trabalon 8 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird perched in a tree, ventral view.
Locality Eilat, Israel (ssp melanura)
Laurent Demongin 9 November 2005 4 years ago 4
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An adult is calling, fledglings are begging for food in the background. Locality Eilat, Israel
(ssp melanura)
Iva Hristova 14 April 2007 3 years ago 4 -
A bird calling. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
(ssp aussae)
Josep del Hoyo 29 November 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Fledglings are begging for food in the background. Locality Eilat, Israel
Iva Hristova 14 April 2007 3 years ago 3
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