Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Black Wheatear

Oenanthe leucura

The Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) is a 41 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

41 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, Algeria, EH, France.

Where to see it: وادي أوكايمدن | Vallée d'Oukaïmeden (Morocco); Gleb Jdiane (Western Sahara); Ichkeul NP (Tunisia); Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra · Laayoune (Western Sahara); Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia).

Photo: (c) Julia Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist