Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti - Traquet du désert
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Muscicapidés
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Genus:
Oenanthe
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Species:
deserti
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 15 cm
- Wingspan: 24 à 29 cm.
- Weight: 17 à 23 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Oenanthe deserti deserti (ne Egypt through the Middle East to Mongolia, and Afghanistan)
- Oenanthe deserti homochroa (n Africa)
- Oenanthe deserti oreophila (Himalayas, Tibet and w China)
Foreign names
- Traquet du désert,
- Collalba desértica,
- chasco-do-deserto,
- Wüstensteinschmätzer,
- sivatagi hantmadár,
- Woestijntapuit,
- Monachella del deserto,
- ökenstenskvätta,
- Ørkensteinskvett,
- skaliarik púšťový,
- bělořit pouštní,
- Ørkenstenpikker,
- aavikkotasku,
- còlit del desert,
- Auðnadepill,
- białorzytka pustynna,
- tuksneša čakstīte,
- puščavski kupčar,
- Пустынная каменка,
- サバクヒタキ,
- 漠䳭,
- 漠鵖,
Habitat
Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Rural Gardens
Sources of information
- Israeli Birds, Gorfin Uri
- HBW Alive,
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes