Blackstart

Oenanthe melanura

Least Concern

The Blackstart is an Old World flycatcher of North African, Arabian, and Middle Eastern deserts and rocky hills. It watches from a perch, sallies after flying insects, or gleans prey from leaves and trunks, using woodland, forest edge, scrub, plantations, streamsides, or island forests depending on the species.

Family

Muscicapidae

Group

Old World Flycatchers

Range

Blackstart Range — Resident or seasonal range in North African, Arabian, and Middle Eastern deserts and rocky hills

Population

≈ Unknown

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