Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha)

Other Names (World)
Hooded Wheatear, Hooded Chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1825)

Habitat
Hot desert. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Djibouti (B), Egypt, India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kuwait, Oman (B), Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia (B), Sudan, United Arab Emirates (B), Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq.

Unknown to Afghanistan.

Eastern Egypt, southern Israel, southern Jordan, north, eastern and south-eastern Arabian Peninsula, Iran and south-western Pakistan.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha) [XC421999]
by Antero Lindholm from Masafi, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates (begging call)

Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha) [XC307966]
by Khalifa Al Dhaheri from Jebel Hafeet, Al Ain, Eastern Region, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha) - 10 files

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