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Disambiguation: The name Red-rumped Wheatear is also used for the species Oenanthe xanthoprymna

Alternative name: Buff-rumped Wheatear

Photo by John Keep
South of Guelmim, Morocco
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:

Habitat

Dry shrubland.

Behaviour

References

  1. 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/

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