Kurdish Wheatear, ©Jane Stylianou
Kurdish Wheatear
Also called Red-rumped Wheatear.
Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Credit: Jane Stylianou / Cyprus Bird Tours
Details: Taken 18-Jan-2011 at Cape Greco in Cyprus
Also called Red-rumped Wheatear.
Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Credit: Jane Stylianou / Cyprus Bird Tours
Details: Taken 18-Jan-2011 at Cape Greco in Cyprus
Kurdish Wheatear, ©Jane Stylianou
Found by Keith and Raija – a couple quite active in birding in Cyprus – this bird represents the I think the sixth record of this species in Cyprus.
With Steppe Grey Shrike, Grey Hypocolios and now Kurdish / Red-rumped Wheatear, it seems that the trend this winter is an influx of birds from Eastern Turkey, Northern Iraq and Armenia.
Migrations 
[…] stick around more than 2 days and eluded all but the quicker twitchers.And now we have a Kurdish Wheatear to speak of. As its name suggests, it’s typically from the Kurdish or Kurdistan regions of […]
By: Winter Visitors in Cyprus on January 21, 2011
at 8:08 pm