White-crowned wheatear – Oenanthe leucopyga – is a large resident African-Arabian wheatear of Type-sallyer, Family Muscicapidae and Order Passeriformes. It is one of very few species of birds that calls the Sahara Desert Region their permanent home and it continues into W and NW Arabia. Except for a few states namely Turkey, S Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Bahrain, Qatar, Cyprus, Somalia and Comoros, it is resident across the AWB Region.
Type - sallyer - nests in rocky crevices, Typical Habitat - rocky slopes and deep wadis, in rocky deserts, Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Oenanthe Species - Oenanthe leucopyga White-crowned wheatear - Species - ebird.org White-crowned wheatear - Species sheet - wikipedia.org White-crowned wheatear - Database - avibase White-crowned wheatear - Species - beautyofbirds.com White-crowned wheatear - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... White-crowned wheatear - Images - google.com White-crowned wheatear - Video - youtube.com White-crowned wheatear - Datazone - birdlife.org