Pied Wheatear

Pied Wheatear
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14/09/2015
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 539/567(Observe the Bird and recognize)..PIED WHEATEAR.. COL. PENCIL & GELPEN...6*8 INCH...2015... [From the photograph of Mr. PRABHAKAR MANJUNATH] ... The pied wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) is a wheatear, a small insectivorous 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 (family Muscicapidae). This migratory central Asiatic wheatear occurs from the extreme southeast of Europe to China, and has been found wintering in India and northeastern Africa. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. The male is a boldly marked white-and-black bird. The white crown tinged with brown contrasts with the black face and throat and white rump. The female is browner, and the head is washed with sandy buff. Females are darker than the females of the northern wheatear, look smaller and show less white on the rump. The tail feathers are white with characteristic bla

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