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Desert Wheatear
Ørkensteinskvett (Oenanthe deserti)

Oenanthe deserti

This picture is taken at the bird observatory area. Photo: Gunnar Gundersen

The Desert Wheatear breeds in North Africa and through Central Asia to Mongolia. This species is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

We consider it a very rare species in the bird observatory area. The figures below show updated data from the bird station:

cssbody=[graftipsbdy] cssheader=[graftipshdr] header=[Observations each year] body=[This graph shows the number of observations year by year. The yellow line is the average for all years.<br><br><b>Explanation</b><br>Period: All observations<br>Observation type: All observations<br>]

cssbody=[graftipsbdy] cssheader=[graftipshdr] header=[Migration - Observations] body=[This graph shows the population/migration progress during the year. The number is the total number of counts per period for all years.<br><br><b>Explanation</b><br>Period: 1.-10, 11.-20. and 21.-31.<br>Observation type: All observations<br>]

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