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Oenanthe hispanica
These birds were very common on our trip through Jordan; however, they were skittish and so I was lucky when this one didn't pay attention to me till the very last minute!
Desert, arid land, though they dislike flat sand.
The sound of their singing was beautiful.
Hi duttagupta35504
In order to assure the accurate data and identification of spottings n PN, I took the liberty to curate his spotting and change it from Desert lark to Wheatear. I also added some references.
Hope you don't mind
Cheers
I also agree with Wheatear. Please use "Edit this spotting" to correct the headings.
Thanks for the suggestion! I wasn't very familiar with birds at all at the time of the spotting, this is immensely useful—and a lifer!
I'm not 100 % sure about the species itself... if I'm correct, it could be a wintering female of O. h. melanoleuca subspecies - definitely wintering version, time of the year fits. Thanks Mark, will do as you suggest.
Must be the wintering version then?
Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica).
You could suggest this ID Zlatan.
https://www.hbw.com/ibc/photo/black-eare...
This isn't Lark at all - to me it looks like Wheatear; I would say Black-eared Wheatear.
Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 24, 2013
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