| White-crowned Wheatear |
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| CATEGORIES ABOUT WHITE-CROWNED WHEATEAR | |
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The White-crowned Wheatear, or '''White-crowned Black Wheatear''', ''Oenanthe leucopyga'', is a Wheatear , a small Passerine Bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World Flycatcher , Muscicapidae. This large 17-18 cm long wheatear breeds in stony deserts from the Sahara and Arabia across to Iraq . It is largely resident but as occurred as a rare vagrant to western Europe as far away as Great Britain . It nests in crevices in rocks or walls laying 3-5 eggs. Although most wheatear species have distinctive male and female plumages, adults of both sexes of this species are black except for a white rump and mainly white tail. Full adults have a white crown, not shown by young birds. The similar Black Wheatear , ''Oenanthe leucura'', also breeds in the western part of the White-crowned Wheatear's range, but the latter has a black inverted T on its white tail, whereas White-crowned has only a black centre to its tail. The Black Wheatear never has a white crown. This species mainly eats insects. This wheatear has a loud song, more varied than most of its relatives and often including mimicry. |
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