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םינוילעה הפוג יקלח .המש תא הל הנקמה רוחש בנז לעב רופא ,הנטק ריש רופיצ :בנז-רוחש | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
C. m. melanura Dead Sea depression S to Sinai and N-W and C Saudi Arabia. C. m. lypura S-E Egypt, E Sudan, and N-E Ethiopia. C. m. airensis N Nigeria, Chad, and W and C Sudan. C. m. neumanni (synonym erlangeri) Arabia S from Mecca. C. m. aussae E Eand N Somalia. C. m. ultima Mali and S Niger. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.14-16 cm, 13-18 g, wingspan 23-27 cm. Small, rather long-billed and noticeably slim chat with rather uniform grey plumage relieved by black rump and tail. Tail flicked open constantly. Sexes similar, no seasonal variation.HabitatBreeds in warm arid lower latitudes, temperate, subtropical, and tropical. Occurs on arid rocky hills and mountains where there is some scattered scrub but keeping mainly to rocks. Shows preference for thorny bushes in rocky ravines.Food and FeedingMainly insectes, and seeds, also takes ants.Feeds mainly by perching on rocks, trees, and bushes, dropping on to prey on ground. Also by searching vegetation and occasionally in brief hover or aerial-pursuit. Breeding.Mar-Jun in S Sahara, similar in Egypt and Israel, Feb-Sep in Oman. Nest site, crevice in rock. Nest, cup of grass stems and leaves, lined with hair and finer vegetation.3-4 eggs, sub-elliptical, smooth and fairly glossy, very pale blue, finely speckled red to red-brown, speckles sometimes concentrated at broad end. No further information. Movements.Resident or even sedentary throughout range. In general, however, virtual absence of records anywhere outside breeding range suggests little long-distance movement occurs.Status and ConservationNot globally threatened. No reported changes in range.Israel.In Israel subspecies C. m. melanura very common resident in desert regions of Negev, Arava and Judean Deserts. |
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