Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti [Temminck, 1825] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 11490 | |
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Number in Britain:
2 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
deserti, homochroa, atrogularis recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 26 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 19 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: oinanthe a bird mentioned by Aristotle and L.: desertum=desert |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Africa, Middle-east & c Asia, WINTERS: n Africa, Arabia, w India |
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Habitat:
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Open semi-desert |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, also other invertebrates, small lizards and seeds |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Clackmannanshire, 1880
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
86
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Angus & Dundee
(1887),
Fife
(2003),
Upper Forth
(1880),
Highland
(1984),
Lothian
(1997),
Northeast
(2006),
Orkney
(1988),
Shetland
(2003),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2005),
Durham
(1955),
Northumberland
(2005),
East Yorkshire
(1998),
North Yorkshire
(2007),
West Yorkshire
(1949),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(2007),
Cumbria
(1986),
Lancashire
(1994),
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English Midlands:
Staffordshire
(1996),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(1987),
Lincolnshire
(1999),
Norfolk
(2007),
Suffolk
(1990),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2005),
Kent
(2005),
Greater London
(1989),
Surrey
(1989),
East Sussex
(2006),
West Sussex
(2003),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2007),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(1997),
Gloucestershire
(1997),
Isles of Scilly
(2006),
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Wales:
Denbighshire
(2007),
Gower
(1989),
Gwent
(1996),
Pembrokeshire
(2003),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Tinwen y Diffaethwch |
| Danish: Ørkenstenpikker | Dutch: Woestijntapuit |
| Finnish: Aavikkotasku | French: Traquet de désert |
| German: Wüstensteinschmätzer | Hungarian: Sivatagi hantmadár |
| Icelandic: Auðnadepill | Irish: Clochrán Fásaigh |
| Italian: Monachella del deserto | Norwegian: Ørkensteinskvett |
| Polish: Bialorzytka pustynna | Portuguese: Chasco-do-deserto |
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Spanish:
Collalba desértica
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Swedish: Ökenstenskvätta |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Panov, E.N. 2005 Wheatears of Palearctic [sic] Pensoft Publishers [598.911 PAN] | |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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