Desert Wheatear

Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)

Desert Wheatear, Oenanthe deserti, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae that breeds across central and southern parts of the Palearctic, as well as northern Africa. It is a wheatear of open dry country, and the species is known for its all-black tail, which reaches up to the upper tail-coverts. The male in summer has buff upperparts, white underparts with a buff wash on the breast, and black on the face and throat extending to the shoulders, with a clear white eyebrow. The female is greyer above and buffier below, and lacks black on the throat.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Palearctic: sc, c, also n Africa