Variable Wheatear

Scientific Name: Oenanthe picata
Common Name: Variable Wheatear
 

Identifying Features: black head, white belly, black bill, black legs

Fun Facts:

  • It is polymorphic and has three distinct morphs.
  • Locally abundant in barren rocky areas, sand dunes with scrub vegetation, cultivation, ravines, outside villages and nomadic encampments.

 

This image was clicked by Pradeepkumar Devadossvia Flickr.

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