Blackstart – Oenanthe melanura – is a resident Afro-Arabian wheatear of Type – sallyer, Family Muscicapidae and Order Passeriformes. It is resident in rocky areas of the S Sahara into W and SW Arabia. In the AWB Region it is resident in the Sahel states of Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan, also S Egypt, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somaliland, Sinai, S Levant, W KSA, Yemen and SW Oman.
Type - sallyer - Typical Habitat - rocky desert and semi-desert areas, wadis with some vegetation, Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Oenanthe Species - Oenanthe melanura Blackstart - Species - ebird.org Blackstart - Species sheet - wikipedia.org Blackstart - Database - Avibase Blackstart - Species - beautyofbirds.com Blackstart - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... Blackstart - Images - google.com Blackstart - Video - youtube.com Blackstart - Datazone - birdlife.org