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Wheatear The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, are members of the Thrush family Turdidae. Wheatears are typically larger than the European robin. Most species have characteristic fl and white or red and white markings on their long tails. www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/oe/Oenanthe.html   (82 words)

Wheatear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family Turdidae. Most species are strongly sexually dimorphic; only the male has the striking plumage patterns characteristic of the genus, though the females share the white or red rump patches. Its English name has nothing to do with wheat or ears, but is a bowdlerised form of white-arse, which refers to its prominent white rump. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wheatear   (191 words)

TURDIDAE Thrushs Rump and tail pattern basically as Northern Wheatear but fl terminal band less uniformly broad, though more fl long outer edge than in any other wheatear. Spring male has wholly or partly fl scapulars and wings more obviously divided by pale back and white rump and tail than any other wheatear. Black under wing-coverts striking, particularly in western race which has paler undersurface to flight-feathers than eastern one. my.ort.org.il /holon/birds/bd20.html   (402 words)

Submission No:214 This case relates to a record of a wheatear sighted in roadside grasslands and vegetation on the North East coast of Christmas Island (105º 42’ E 10º 25’S) on the 14th January 1996. The committee has little difficulty in agreeing that this bird is in fact a wheatear Oenanthe spp., the first confirmed record of this genus for Australia. The committee did concur that Northern Wheatear is the far more likely contender when taking into account the likelihood of occurrence given that there are records of this species from Borneo. users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/sub214.html   (756 words)

BirdForum - south east turkey Black redstarts although not present in big nos were seen every day around houses and gardens and the morning of the fall the best sighting was of a party of four birds dropping onto a ruin as they coasted East. Isabelline wheatears were regular around a local manure heap and a green sandpiper on a roadside pool was a new bird for me in Turkey. fl eared- wheatear, olivaceous and sardinian warblers, woodchat shrike, red rumped swallow, crested lark, white wagtail, sombre tit and syrian woodpecker also flocks of overflying corn bunting each evening. www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=18027   (4591 words)

Black-eared Wheatear copyright photograph by David Lingard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) We found Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) and Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) nesting in the walls, the thrush in a cavity and the sparrow in an old nest of a Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer). Outside the monastery was this male Black-eared Wheatear carrying food for its young. Rather than give away the position of the nest this bird and its mate stood with their prey until we had photographed them, and moved on to leave them to the task of bringing up their nestlings. website.lineone.net /~lipu-uk/Photos46.htm   (106 words)

Black-eared Wheatear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. The ear coverts and a line from the bill, and sometimes the throat, are fl. Black-throated individuals of this race have a greater amount of fl on the throat and face than on the western birds, and the fl generally terminates more abruptly or in a straighter line. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black-eared_wheatear   (348 words)

Casa Rosa Birding Locations Black Wheatear has also been reported in the area and may be regular. Booted Eagle, Honey Buzzard, Black Kite and Sparrowhawk are generally the most numerous but there are also Egyptian Vulture, Short-toed and Bonelli's Eagles, Red and Black-shouldered Kites, harriers and Common Buzzard. Mid-Sep to mid-Oct is the most productive period although most of the Black Kites have already passed through and the irregular Griffon Vulture tends to appear at the end of the period. www.casarosa.net /locations.htm   (2827 words)

Jordan Tourism Board North America Bird watching in Jordan is also enhanced by the genuine friendliness of the Jordanian people, and the opportunity to combine bird-watching with trips to some of the Middle East's most awesome ancient and natural wonders, such as Petra, Wadi Rum, or the Dead Sea. In the western highland Mediterranean habitats, surrounded by open steppe country, the wooded areas of Ajloun, Zubia, Dibbin, and Dana are home to the Palestine Sunbird, Upcher's, Orphean, and Sardinian Warbler. The rift margins and valleys of the western highlands represent the cross-roads of four bio-geographic zones. www.seejordan.org /experience_adventure_bird.shtml   (406 words)

Bird watching :: Birding in Lesvos island, Greece In the scrubby areas, Corn and Black-headed Bunting, Wagtails and Wheatears are likely, with possible Great Crested and Black-necked Grebe in the bay. Autumn: White and Black Stork, Gray Heron, Gray Plover, Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Yellow and White Wagtail, Black-necked Grebe, Stone Curlew, Kingfisher, and possible rarer waders like Broad-billed Sandpiper. Spring: Black and White Stork, Little Grebe, Squacco, Night and Gray Heron, Little Bittern, Little Crake, Bee-eater, Stone Curlew, Cetti's Warbler, hirundines. www.greeknet.com /birding.htm   (748 words)

Oenanthe oenanthe It is said that the name Wheatear derives from the expression 'white arse', a perfect description of how this bird appears as it flies away. Indeed, it is the white rump contrasting with the inverted fl 'T' in the tail which separates a Wheatear in any plumage from all other British birds. Males in spring are handsome birds with blue-grey backs and fl eye masks. www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Oenanthe_oenanthe.htm   (246 words)

Caligo Ventures: Spain Situated to the north of Trujillo, the park is the Spanish stronghold for Black Vulture, which breed here together with both Griffon and summering Egyptian Vultures. Situated to the north of Trujillo, the park is the Spanish stronghold for Black and Griffon Vulture. Golden, Booted, Short-toed and Bonelli's Eagles are also resident along with Crag Martin and Alpine Swift, and an occasional Black Wheatear. www.caligo.com /europe/spain.html   (1290 words)

Andalucian Guides - Birdwatching in Southern Spain The plains and rice fields of La Janda offer White and Black Stork, Purple swamp-hen, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Purple Swamphen, Black-winged Stilt, Kingfisher, Collared Pratincole, Black shouldered Kite, Marsh and Montagu’s Harrier, Spanish Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Little Owl, Green Sandpiper and with a bit of luck the powerful Spanish Imperial Eagle. We'll be visiting the beaches and river mouth of the Rio Jara near Tarifa, the fringes of the Sierras that lead down to the Atlantic and the beautiful Cork Oak forest and hills within Alcornocales natural park. We would then be in a better position to see such wonderful birds as Black-eared Wheatear, Short-toed and Lesser Short-toed Larks, Red-rumped Swallow, Grey, Purple, Night and Squacco Herons, Woodchat Shrike and Azure-winged Magpie, Red-crested Pochard, Marbled Duck, Griffon Vulture, Booted Eagle, Red Kite, Dartford, Cetti's, and Sardinian Warblers. www.andalucianguides.com /itineraries/sample_02.htm   (1577 words)

SEO - Serrania de Ronda Grupo Black-eared Wheatear can be adversely affected by late spring rains, which produce luxuriant late growth in ground covering plants, making feeding difficult for this species. With a high growth to plants in otherwise open areas, these wheatears resulted to hawking for food and mortality rates were high for their nestlings. If anything, Black Wheatears need large areas in their territory where there is no field layer at all. www.ecomallbiz.com /easy47/seoserraniaderonda   (2716 words)

wheatear - OneLook Dictionary Search wheatear : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] WHEATEAR : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info] Phrases that include wheatear: fl eared wheatear, finsch's wheatear, greenland wheatear, isabelline wheatear, northern wheatear, more... www.onelook.com /?w=wheatear   (197 words)

UEA Trip Report Red-tailed, Desert and Hume's Wheatears were picked up at the entrance to "Fossil Valley" along with Ménétries's, Desert and Orphean Warblers, Bonelli's Eagle, Blue Rock Thrush, and Sand Partridge. We popped up to the top of Jebel Hafit where, in lulls between the storms, we had Hume's Wheatear (Hooded could not be found) Rock Thrush, Brown-necked Raven and Egyptian Vultures. Desert Warblers were behaving to type chasing Desert Wheatears, and a lone Hoopoe reminded us how the lark got its name. www.osme.org /osmetrip/uaetrip4.html   (1271 words)

AVG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) We birded the area around the lighthouse and we saw: Black wheatear (#162), Western fl eared wheatear, Thekla larks (#163), but also Crested larks are present, Red rumped swallows (#164), a Red legged patridge, Common kestrel, Sardinian warbler, Pallid swift> and one Raven (#165). After being tired of seawatching it was time to bird somewhere else and we decided to take a trail into the mountains (in the curve after leaving the lighthouse on the way back). We also found a drinking place for cattle and this was mentioned in other tripreports as a drinking place for Trumpeter finch, but when we were there, the reservoir was empty, so that may be the reason why there were no Finches at that time, but when full, always worth checking! www.freewebtown.com /extreembirding/spain/spainday5.htm   (658 words)

United Arab Emirates March 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Red-tailed, Desert and Hume's wheatears were picked up at the entrance to "Fossil Valley" along with Menetries', Desert and Orphean warblers, Bonelli's eagle, Blue rock thrush, and Sand partridge. Pallid, Montague's and Marsh harriers, Black-eared kite (the eastern form of Black kite) several pipits and Bimaculated lark followed at a camel race track outside Al Ain. In the late afternoon we went out to Qarn Nazwa where the red-bellied race of Black redstart (ssp P.o.phoenicuroides) showed wonderfully well along with several migrant Rock thrushes, Red-tailed wheatears and Upcher's warbler. www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/UAEmar96.html   (1458 words)

Limosa Holidays - Gallery Cape Kaliakra seemed like an alternative Lands End, where the influence from the “other side” of the Black Sea was felt, with birds like Ruddy Shelduck, Black-headed Bunting, Pied Wheatear and parties of invading Rose-coloured Starlings which roamed between the steppe bushes. The latter part of the day was spent by the Krumovitza River: Spanish Sparrow in stork nests, Black-headed Bunting, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Black Storks on nests, Eastern Olivaceous Warblers, Western Rock Nuthatch, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures as well as a surprise pair of Eleonora’s Falcons. Several by Black Sea lakes, and along Danube valley reedbeds; most unusual was an obvious migrant flying through oak woodland near the hotel at Kavarna on 25th. www.limosaholidays.co.uk /tripReportDetail.cfm?reportID=278   (4707 words)

birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder In the uplands on the plateaux and gorges there are Cirl Bunting, Alpine & Red-billed Chough, Woodlark and Black—eared Wheatear. Spring passage begins in late March to May and Pied, Collared and Semi-collared Flycatchers, Wood Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Golden Oriole, Grey and Purple Heron, Night Heron, Little Egret, and Little Bittern, Little Crake and Bee-eaters pass through. The coastal strip by this former garrison is a good place for migrants such as wryneck and fl-eared wheatear, though its appearance is marred by dumping. www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/europe/greece_crete.html   (1836 words)

Andalucian Guides - Birdwatching in Southern Spain This isn't typical and most migration periods are subtly different for each species, for example Flycatchers and Swallows tend to migrate earlier than say Turtle Doves or Red-necked Nightjars. All in all there's plenty of diversity throughout the year and certainly lots to see. Some sea watching and various guided trips through the famous Alcornocales (cork oak) natural park and other protected areas are included, as well as an optional boat trip to the island of Sancti Petri and nearby mud-flat's. www.andalucianguides.com /itineraries/index.htm   (939 words)

Birds of Extremadura, Spain Long-eared Owl Asio otus © John Muddeman of Black Stork (60% of the Iberian total are concentrated in the Monfragüe and Jerez de los Caballeros areas); and an estimated 6900 Great Bustards (of the c. Spilt grain in rice and maize fields are now of major importance to these birds too at certain times, and incredible concentrations of up to 10 000 birds have been seen at one area in S Cáceres. Rocky outcrops in the sierras and river valleys are also of crucial importance, from breeding raptors and Black Storks, White-rumped Swift, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Wheatear and Rock Bunting, through to wintering Alpine Accentor and even the occasional stray Wallcreeper! www.iberianwildlife.com /extremadura/extremadura-birds.htm   (1021 words)

FONT's Bulgaria Birding Tour - -May-June 2007 Bird species in the Eastern Rhodopes Mountains include: Black Stork, Cinereous Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Imperial Eagle, Booted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Chukar, Pallid Swift, Woodchat Shrike, Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Ophean Warbler, Barred Warbler, Blue Rock-Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush, Black-eared Wheatear, Rock Nuthatch, Sombre Tit. At Saker, the Bulgarian breeding population of Imperial Eagles is concentrated. Key bird species of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast include: Black Stork, White-tailed Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Black Woodpecker, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Middle-spotted Woodpecker, Woodchat Shrike, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Olive-tree Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler. www.focusonnature.com /BulgariaMay-June'07.htm   (399 words)

Birding Holidays in Andalucia Spain - Spring Itinerary. We would then be in a better position to see such wonderful birds as Black-eared Wheatear, Short-toed and Lesser Short-toed Larks, Red-rumped Swallow, Purple Night, and Squacco Herons, Woodchat Shrike and Azure-winged Magpie, Red-crested Pochard, Marbled Duck, Griffon Vulture, Booted Eagle, Red Kite, Dartford, Cetti's, and Sardinian Warblers. Little Owl are usually present with a chance to see migrating Short Eared owl too. No trip would be the same without a visit or two to the Mirador over the Strait of Gibraltar to watch incoming flights of Griffon and Egyptian Vulture, Black Kite and Booted Eagle. www.fantasiaadventureholidays.com /birdspring.htm   (663 words)

British Birds - Note: A review of the status of Black-eared Wheatear in the Maltese Islands British Birds - Note: A review of the status of Black-eared Wheatear in the Maltese Islands Note: A review of the status of Black-eared Wheatear in the Maltese Islands American Black Tern at Weston-super-Mare: new to Britain www.eurobirding.com /birdingmagazines/artinfo.php?id=8841   (164 words)

Spring Birdwatching Tour (Standard) | birdwatching in Bulgaria | Sofia | Vitosha Mountains | Atanasovsko Lake | Poda ... The gorge is the realm of the elusive Wallcreeper. In the afternoon we make a short trip along the Krumovitsa River where we will continue watching and hearing passerines advertising their appearance in the undulating countryside (Stone-curlew, Olivaceous and Olive-tree Warblers, Masked, Red-backed and Woodchat Shrikes etc.). Foraging White-tailed Eagles, Black Kites and Levant Sparrowhawks are the perfect addition to this community, complemented also by Ortolan Buntings, Penduline Tits, Golden Orioles and Red-backed Shrikes. www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/15248.html   (1106 words)

www.lesvos-ecotourism.com - The Bird Watching Trip and Tour Report collection for Lesvos While no two bird watching trips are alike in what they will yield in bird spotting, we will detail David and Win's results by date and location as a likely indication of what you can see around the island. VATERA: Crested Lark, Black headed Bunting, Spanish Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Hoopoe, House Sparrow, Swift, Sand Martin (300+ at old quarry), Swallow, House Martin, Goldfinch. Since Davis and Win had a very productive trip in 1999, they returned with a group of friends in April 2000. www.lesvos-ecotourism.com /bwr1999.htm   (696 words)

Klaus Nigge Posters Prints - A Male Black-Eared Wheatear Perches on a Thorny Branch Oenanthe Hispanica Art Photographic ... Klaus Nigge Posters Prints - A Male Black-Eared Wheatear Perches on a Thorny Branch Oenanthe Hispanica Art Photographic Print - Artist: Klaus Nigge - Poster Size: 24x18 Choose from over 300 000 high-quality prints posters pre-framed art photos original art and photographs. All other designated trademarks, copyrights and brands are the property of their respective owners. www.shop.com /op/aprod-p34442848   (272 words)

YouTube - Black-eared Wheatear - Birdseek.com Join YouTube for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Black-eared Wheatear filmed in Lesvos Gr Black-eared Wheatear filmed in Lesvos Greece 2006. Black-eared Wheatear lesvos greece bird birdwatching (more) (less) www.youtube.com /?v=QTIDpXZ2bag   (82 words)

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