Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-crowned Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) - HBW 10, p. 792
French: Traquet à tête blanche
German: Saharasteinschmätzer
Spanish: Collalba Yebélica
Other common names: (White-crowned) Black Wheatear, White-rumped/White-tailed Wheatear
Taxonomy: Vitiflora leucopyga C. L. Brehm, 1855, Kurusku, Upper Egypt.
Geographical variation possibly clinal; some specimens of nominate race along Red Sea coast indistinguishable from ernesti. Proposed race aegra (W & C Sahara) synonymized with nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- leucopyga (C. L. Brehm, 1855) - W & C Sahara E to Egypt and Sudan, Eritrea and Djibouti.
- ernesti Meinertzhagen, 1930 - S Israel, S Jordan and NE Egypt (Sinai) S to C & E Arabia and Yemen.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult moving among rocks Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile on the ground Locality Tata, Guelmim-Es Semara Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Josep del Hoyo 17 May 2006 6 years ago 27 sec 4.7 -
An adult singing from a rock Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
An adult bird preening and shaking its plumage Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Eldert Groenewoud 2 March 2004 5 years ago 25 sec 4.6 -
A first-year bird foraging on a rocky area Locality Tata, Guelmim-Es Semara Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Josep del Hoyo 17 May 2006 6 years ago 23 sec 4 -
Several views of an adult Locality Erg Chebbi, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco (ssp leucopyga)
Eric Roualet 29 March 2006 6 years ago 23 sec 3.6
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adult on rock
Locality Negev Desert, Israel (ssp ernesti)
Lior Kislev 14 March 2006 2 years ago 4.6 -
on a rock
Locality Amram Pillars, Eilat, Israel (ssp ernesti)
Lior Kislev 18 March 2012 51 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird in flight, seen from above, in Tassili n'Ajjer near Djanet.
Locality Tassili n'Ajjer National Park, Illizi Province, Algeria (ssp leucopyga)
David Vilasís Boix 33 weeks ago 4.4 -
An adult male
Locality Jebil National Park, Kebili Governorate, Tunisia (ssp leucopyga)
Marco Valentini 30 December 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
on rock
Locality Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 18 March 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult scanning the territory
Locality Eilat, Israel
Dubi Shapiro 15 March 2009 1 year ago 4
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A male singing. Locality Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
(ssp ernesti)
Martin Kennewell 8 May 2004 18 weeks ago 4 -
A male singing. Locality Erfoud, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(ssp leucopyga)
Josep del Hoyo 3 April 2007 21 weeks ago 4
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