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Disambiguation: The name Red-rumped Wheatear is also used for the species Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Alternative name: Buff-rumped Wheatear
- Oenanthe moesta
Identification
Distribution
Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and Yemen.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
- O. m. moesta:
- Extreme north-western Mauritania to Morocco and coastal north-western Egypt
- O. m. brooksbanki:
- Southern Syria to Jordan, north-western Saudi Arabia and south-western Iraq
Habitat
Dry shrubland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-rumped Wheatear. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-rumped_Wheatear
