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A photo of a Variable Wheatear (Oenanthe picata), male
Variable Wheatear, Male

Variable Wheatear

Oenanthe picata

The variable wheatear (Oenanthe picata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. The variable wheatear is a bird of arid and semi-arid region, and is locally abundant in barren rocky areas, sand dunes with scrub vegetation, cultivation, ravines, outside villages and nomadic encampments. Adult male are entirely jet black except rump, under tail-coverts, base and sides of tail which are white; central rectrices and terminal band of tail black. Female has black parts replaced by sooty black. Females are similar to males but the black parts are replaced by greyish brown and the belly is more buffish.
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Hemant Kirola
Sunday 07 Nov 2021 - 7:02am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Saturday 23 Dec 2017 - 9:30am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Saturday 28 Jan 2017 - 8:30am
India
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Hemant Kirola
Friday 27 Jan 2017 - 8:15am
India
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