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Isabelline Wheatear - BirdForum Opus

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Bulgaria
Oenanthe isabellina

Identification

15-16.5 cm

  • Pale dull brown overall
  • White rump, basal tail patches with black centre and terminal band
  • Pale axillaries and underwing coverts
  • Dark alula
  • Supercillium is whiter in front of the eye, more buff behind

Sexes are similar

Confusion Species

Larger than an autumn-plumaged Northern Wheatear

Distribution

Southern Russia and central Asia to Northern Pakistan, wintering in north-eastern Africa Arabia and India.

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Breeds in areas or short grass or semi-desert

Behaviour

Diet

Diet includes insects.

Breeding

They nest in a rodent burrows.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Birdwatchers Pocket Guide ISBN 1-85732-804-3
  4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

External Links

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