Listen to the desert wheatear
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About the desert wheatear
The desert wheatear is a bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the desert wheatear sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) is a wheatear, a small 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). It is a migratory insectivorous species, 14.5 to 15 cm (5.7 to 5.9 in) in length. Both western and eastern forms of the desert wheatear are rare vagrants to western Europe. The western desert wheatear breeds in the Sahara and the northern Arabian Peninsula. The eastern race is found in the semi-deserts of Central Asia and in winter in Pakistan and northeast Africa.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a desert wheatear sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the desert wheatear on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the desert wheatear endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the desert wheatear as “least concern”.
What family does the desert wheatear belong to?
The desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Castel Volturno, Provincia di Caserta, Campania, Italy by ALESSANDRO MOTTA – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q769934 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Desert wheatear – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe – CC BY-SA 4.0