Desert Wheatear 195264 214913612 2008-05-25T21:40:33Z SamatBot 7027852 robot Adding: [[hu:Sivatagi hantmadár]] {{Taxobox | name = Desert Wheatear | status = LC | image = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Muscicapidae]] | genus = ''[[wheatear|Oenanthe]]'' | species = '''''O. deserti''''' | binomial = ''Oenanthe deserti'' | binomial_authority = ([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1829) }} The '''Desert Wheatear''' (''Oenanthe deserti'') is a [[wheatear]], a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] that was formerly classed as a member of the [[Thrush (bird)|Thrush]] family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an [[Old World flycatcher]], Muscicapidae. It is a [[bird migration|migratory]] insectivorous species, 14.5 to 15 cm (5¾–6 inches) in length. Both western and eastern forms of the Desert Wheatear are rare vagrants to western [[Europe]]. Although males in summer of its subspecies are more or less distinct, the autumn, female and juvenile plumages are confusing. The western Desert Wheatear breeds in the [[Sahara]] and the northern [[Arabian peninsula]]. The eastern race is found in the semi-deserts of central [[Asia]] and in winter in [[Pakistan]] and northeast [[Africa]]. The upper parts of the male in summer are buff. The underparts are white with a buff tinge on the breast. The black on the face and throat extends to the shoulders, and there is distinct white superciliary stripe. The best character, in both sexes at all ages, is that the entire tail is black to the level of the uppertail coverts. The female is greyer above and buffer below and has no black on the throat, and in the winter plumage the black on the throat of the male is obscured by white tips. {{muscicapidae-stub}} ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=51827|title=Oenanthe deserti|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern ==External Links== *[http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/photos/desert.wheatear.html Oiseaux] Photos [[Category:Oenanthe]] [[Category:Birds of Pakistan]] [[Category:Birds of Iran]] [[de:Wüsten-Steinschmätzer]] [[hu:Sivatagi hantmadár]] [[no:Ørkensteinskvett]] [[fi:Aavikkotasku]] [[tr:Çöl kuyrukkakanı]]