Red-rumped wheatear
The name red-rumped wheatear can also refer to the Kurdistan wheatear (O. xanthoprymna).
| Red-rumped wheatear | |
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| Red-rumped wheatear in Boumalne, Morocco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Oenanthe |
| Species: | O. moesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenanthe moesta (Lichtenstein, 1823) | |
The red-rumped wheatear or buff-rumped wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Oenanthe moesta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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