Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) [XC765594]
by Stanislas Wroza from Durgun, Khovd, Mongolia (subsong)
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) [XC890379]
by Sven Normant from Tizgaghine, Province d'Errachidia, Dr\u00e2a-Tafilalet, Morocco (call, 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.