Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Mourning Wheatear

Oenanthe lugens

The Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) is a 22 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

22 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Israel, Morocco, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Iran, Qatar, Kenya, Lebanon, Syria, Oman, Ethiopia, Iraq.

Where to see it: Petra (Jordan); Palmyra · Ibis Protected Area (Syria); Kokhav Hashakhar NP כוכב השחר (Palestine); Kfar Adumim כפר אדומים (Palestine); Wadi Sassou (Libya).

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist