Buff-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
(aka Red-rumped Wheatear)
Red-rumped Wheatear, Boumalne du Dades, Morocco, April 2014 - click for larger image Boumalne du Dades, Morocco
April 2014

The Buff-rumped Wheatear is distributed in northern Africa and parts of the Middle East. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found at low altitudes in stony semi-desert though it avoids sandy desert.

Red-rumped Wheatear, Boumalne du Dades, Morocco, April 2014 - click for larger image It feeds on insects and is to be seen mainly on the ground. It pumps its tail up then lowers it slowly.

Photos 1 and 2 show a male while photo 3 is of a female.

The song is sometimes described as a whistling kettle coming to the boil.

Red-rumped Wheatear, Boumalne du Dades, Morocco, April 2014 - click for larger image
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