Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
December 2010

Hooded Wheatear is distributed in the south-east corner of the Arabian Peninsula and into Iran and south-west Pakistan. There is a disjunct population around the north end of the Red Sea.

The male has a whitish crown and lower back. Otherwise, upperparts are black. Throat and breast are black while remaining underparts are white. The tail is white with a black central band. The female differs in being mainly brownish-grey.