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Common name:

Variable Wheatear

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Oenanthe picata

Order:

Passeriformes

Family:

fringillidae

fun facts:

The Variable Wheatear is a summer visitor and it can be spotted in open arid stony slopes and adjoining rough plains up to 3200 m.

The sexes look different.

Bird Club Contributor:

Tashi Chotak Lonchey