Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

Afghanistan (B), Algeria, Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia (E) (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB) (P), Israel (B), Italy, Jordan (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia (B), Morocco, Nepal (B), Niger, Oman, Pakistan (B), Qatar, Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara (B), Yemen.

Vagrant to Armenia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malta, Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Unknown to Uganda.

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
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Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) [XC291831]
by Cedric Mroczko from Al Wathba Camel Racetrack, United Arab Emirates (song)

Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) [XC309638]
by Cedric Mroczko from Douz, Kebili, Tunisia (song)

Subspecies
Several subspecies in center of range have been described (salina and atrogularis) but distinctions very slight, and better treated as synonyms of nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

homochroa (Tristram, 1859) - Northern Africa (including once Mauritania) east to north-western Egypt. Non-breeding Sahara and northern Sahel (Mauritania east to Chad).
deserti (Temminck, 1825) - North-eastern Egypt and Levant east, discontinuously, to Azerbaijan (probably Armenia), southern Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Mongolia. Non-breeding north-eastern Africa (including Socotra I) and south-western Asia.
oreophila (Oberholser, 1900) - Kashmir east to Nepal, Pamir, Tibetan Plateau and western China (southern Xinjiang). Non-breeding Arabia, south-western Asia and north-western and central India.
atrogularis (Blyth, 1847) - Transcaucasia and Iran to Afghanistan and Mongolia.

References
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