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Ray Wilson
Bird & Wildlife Photography
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Black-eared Wheatear
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Oenanthe hispanica
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This southern European species has two distinct subspecies. The eastern race, melanoleuca, has more extensive black markings on the head and throat and is more 'black-and-white' than hispanica, lacking much of the orange tones exhibited by that race.
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male melanoleuca - Lesvos, Greece - May 2006
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male hispanica - Extremadura, Spain - May 2005
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female melanoleuca - Lesvos, Greece - May 2006
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