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Desert Wheatear

Desert Wheatear - Adult female

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Punta del Hidalgo (La Laguna), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» February, 2020

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Oenanthe deserti - Desert Wheatear

Bird Species (French)

»Traquet du désert

Bird Family

»Muscicapidae - Chats, Flycatchers, Robins, Wheatears, Akalats, Rock Thrushes, Palm Thrushes,Redstarts

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This bird was seen at the same time as other individuals in different localities of the Canary archipelago, in a clear "influx" of the species from Sahara desert, linked to a dust or sand storm.

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