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לעש םילודגהו םינבלה םימתכב ונממ לדבנ ,ונממ ןטק ךא לובלובל המוד :םייחל-ןבל לובלוב יקלח ,תונבל וייחל ,םירוחש ונורגו ושאר .ובנז הצקבש םינבלה םימתכבו וייחל .םינבל םינטק םימתכ וילושבו רוחש-םוח ובנז ,םיריהב םירופא םינוילעה ופוג .בוהצ ותשו רפרפא ןבל ופוג ידיצ ,בהבהצ-רופא ןוחגה ,ריהב םוח הזחה .הילמיההו היסא םורדל ןוכיתה חרזמה ךרד תידועסה ברעמ ערתשמ ולודיג תיב מ"ק 2 לש הבוגב םירהל דעו היברגנמ יצע םע םיפוחמ םישביו םימח םירוזאב ותוארל ןתינ .םיעטמו םינגב םדא ירוגמ דילו ,םיחיש םע םיחותפ םיפונב .תליא רוזאב רידנ יארקא חרוא רבוע ץראב | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
P. l. mesopotamiae Iraq, Arabia, and southern Iran. P. l. leucotis lowlands of Pakistan and northern India, S-E Iran and S Afghanistan. P. l. leucogenys from E Afghanistan along Himalayas to Assam. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.18 cm, 29-38 g, wingspan 25-28 cm. Head including throat black, with bold white blaze below eye, over cheeks, and on to side of neck. Upperparts dull grey, with darker flight-feathers and black-brown tail whose feathers show terminal white spots. Chest pale dusky-brown, underbody pale grey-buff, almost grey-white on rear flanks. Vent rich yellow. Eye red-brown, narrow yellow eye-ring. Sexes similar.Habitat.Msinly subtropical, in warm dry areas from coastal mangroves to 2000 n, but prefers broader valleys to side valleys and hills, where a climatic barrier is reached.A bird of open country not of forest, and of bushes rather than trees. Food and FeedingMainly insects, fruit, and berries, also seeds, buds, and nectar. Commonly catches insects on ground. Also hawks flying insects, usually launching pursuit from prominent perch, most common in evening.Breeding.Apr-May in Iraq, Nar-Jul in Saudi Arabia, Apr-Jun in Afghanistan and India. Nest site, in low bush or sometimes in branches of low tree. Nest substantial cup of grass stems and leaves, roots, and thin twigs, lined with finer rootlets, lichens, and grass.2-5 eggs, incubation 12 days. Movements.Essentially resident, though populations of Himalayan foothills seem subject to some local upward altitudinal movement following breeding.Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. Widespread and common.Israel.In Israel subspecies P. l. mesopotamiae straggler, near Eilat. |
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