White-crowned Wheatear

Oenanthe leucopyga (Brehm, CL, 1855)

White-crowned Wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga, is a passerine of the Muscicapidae family found in northern Africa and the northern and central Arabian Peninsula. It breeds in stony desert country from the Sahara and Arabia east to Iraq. Adults of both sexes are black, with a white rump and mostly white tail, and full adults also show a white crown. It nests in rock or wall crevices and lays 3 to 5 eggs. It mainly feeds on insects, and its song is loud and varied, often with mimicry.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Africa, Palearctic: n Africa to n, c Arabian Pen.