Thrushes (Turdidae)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) - HBW 10, p. 803
French: Traquet du désert
German: Wüstensteinschmätzer
Spanish: Collalba Desértica
Taxonomy: Saxicola deserti Temminck, 1825, Egypt.
Several races in C of range sometimes discriminated (salina and atrogularis) but distinctions very slight, and better treated as synonyms of nominate. Boundaries of races not well established; details listed below provisional. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- homochroa (Tristram, 1859) - N Africa (including once Mauritania) E to NW Egypt; non-breeding Sahara and N Sahel (Mauritania E to Chad).
- deserti (Temminck, 1825) - NE Egypt and Levant E, discontinuously, to Azerbaijan (probably Armenia), S Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Mongolia; non-breeding NE Africa (including Socotra I) and SW Asia.
- oreophila (Oberholser, 1900) - Kashmir E to Nepal, Pamir, Tibetan Plateau and W China (S Xinjiang); non-breeding Arabia, SW Asia and NW & C India.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male changing places and then a female flying to catch a prey Locality Missour, Fès-Boulemane Region, Morocco (ssp homochroa)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 43 sec 4.7 -
A pair bringing material to the nest Locality Missour, Fès-Boulemane Region, Morocco (ssp homochroa)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.7 -
A recently fledged juvenile near the nest Locality Tata, Guelmim-Es Semara Region, Morocco (ssp homochroa)
Josep del Hoyo 17 May 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
An adult on a cactus, and a juvenile arriving begging for food Locality Tata, Guelmim-Es Semara Region, Morocco (ssp homochroa)
Josep del Hoyo 17 May 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 3.9 -
A female perched on a rock trying to eat grains and shaking plumage and wings. Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp oreophila)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 24 weeks ago 25 sec 3.8 -
A male perched, looking around and flying away. Locality Banni Grasslands, Kutch District, Gujarat, India (ssp oreophila)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2011 24 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8
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on a bush, at km 103 on Highway 90.
Locality Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 18 March 2009 22 weeks ago 4.5 -
Male standing on a rock
Locality Arakhiya Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 18 December 2008 1 year ago 4.2 -
Male on the rock
Locality Oman
Zotyesz 16 February 2012 14 weeks ago 4 -
Perching on a rock among salicornia
Locality Socotra
Marco Valentini 5 March 2008 28 weeks ago 4 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Quatbit, Dhofar, Oman (ssp deserti)
Fran Trabalon 3 January 2011 31 weeks ago 4 -
Adult on a branch
Locality Morocco (ssp homochroa)
Alain Fossé 14 March 2004 3 years ago 4
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