Black-headed Stove / Oenanthe albonigra

Features: Meadow chasing differs from black-headed chasing with a light eyebrow.

Habits: Meadow chisel is often planted on high tops of stems or upper branches of bushes. Sitting, he flaps his tail, simultaneously dissolving it. It is kept alone and in pairs.
Nature of stay: Migrant.

Food: Insects, bunches, molluscs, worms.
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Breeding area: Meadows with sparse bushes and tall grasses.
Location of the socket and its description: On the ground. Made rough and loose from dry herbs.
Egg laying time: May June
Eggs color and size: Greenish blue, 2x1.5 cm.

Black-headed coin (Saxicola torquata)

Appearance: In the male, the head, throat, back, wings and tail are black, the chest is rusty-red, the abdomen, a wide stripe on the shoulders, upper tail, and sometimes the base of the tail are white. In the female, the black color is replaced by brown-gray. Juveniles are brown with light streaks.
The size: Body length = 13-15cm, weight = 12-13g. Less sparrow.

Features: The black-headed coinage differs from the meadow coinage by a black or brown head.

Habits: Usually seen sitting on a tall blade of grass or bush. Twitches his tail. It is kept alone and in pairs.
Nature of stay: Migrant.

Food: Insects.
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Breeding area: Dry open areas with sparse bushes.
Location of the socket and its description: On the ground. The main material is cereal stalks and moss.
Egg laying time: May June
Eggs color and size: Bluish green with reddish dots, 2x1.5 cm.

Common stove (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Appearance: In the male in spring and summer, the top of the head and back are ash-gray, a wide strip from the beak through the eye to the ear, the wings and tail are black, the stripes on the sides of the tail, the upper tail and the entire bottom of the body are white. The female, juveniles and the male are buffy-brownish above in autumn, their throat and chest are reddish, the upper tail and abdomen are white.
The size: Body length = 15-17cm, weight = 22-26g. From a sparrow.

Features: The male differs from other wheatears by a gray back. Females and juveniles in nature are very similar to the dancer wheather and the females of other wheatears, differing only in a darker reddish chest and darker wings.

Habits: An ordinary stove is kept on the ground and on stones. The flight is fast, usually low above the ground. Sitting on a prominent stone, post or stump, bows, twitching its tail. He moves on the ground in jumps, squatting from time to time. It is kept alone and in pairs.
Nature of stay: Migrant.

Food: Insects, spiders. It collects food on the ground between stones and plants, but sometimes catches prey, flying up into the air after it.
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Breeding area: Open, mostly dry landscapes in plains and mountains. Pastures, roads, embankments, ravines, river cliffs, rocky placers.
Location of the socket and its description: In the hole, cracks in the rocks, between stones, in the piles of firewood. Loose heap of stems, leaves, grass and roots.
Egg laying time: May June
Eggs color and size: Light blue, 2x1.5 cm.

Stone Dancer (Oenanthe isabellina)

Appearance: The general color is brownish-gray with an ocher tinge, the wings are brown, the uppertail and base of the tail are white, the tail is black.
The size: Body length = 16-18cm, weight = 27-30g. From a sparrow.

Features: The dancer wheather is very similar to the common and other wheatens. Differs in a dull grayish color.

Habits: It stays on the ground, often bowing and wagging its tail. It is kept alone and in pairs. In some places it settles rather densely, forming a kind of colony.
Nature of stay: Migrant.

Food: Insects.
Breeding area: Open dry areas in plains and mountains.
Location of the socket and its description: In a hole, in a crack in a cliff or rock, between stones. The main material is milled dry stems of various herbaceous plants.
Egg laying time: March - June
Eggs color and size: Light blue, 2x1.5 cm.

Pleshanka Kamenka (Oenanthe pleschanka)

Appearance: In the male, the throat, head-flanks, wings, middle and end of the tail are black, sometimes the back is black and the throat is white, the top of the head, upper tail, sides of the tail and the entire bottom of the body are white (sometimes the back is white, and the throat is black). In the female and juveniles, the back and top of the head are brownish-gray, the uppertail and sides of the tail are white, the bottom of the body is buffy, blackish on the chest.
The size: Body length = 15-17cm, weight = 17-19g. From a sparrow.

Features: Females are very similar to females of other wheatears, but differ from them in blackish breasts.

Habits: Pleshanka stays on the ground and on stones, often wags its tail. It is kept alone and in pairs.
Nature of stay: Migrant.

Food: Insects, spiders, berries.
Breeding area: Dry rocky steppe landscapes on plains and mountains. Dry steppes, stony hillocks and slopes, clay cliffs.
Location of the socket and its description: In the crack of the rock, between the stones. A set of stalks of various herbs and crushed leaves of cereals.
Egg laying time: May June
Eggs color and size: Pale blue with reddish-brown dots, 2x1.5 cm.

Desert Kamenka (Oenanthe deserti)

Appearance: In the male, the top of the head and back are buffy-grayish, the throat, sides of the head and neck, the wings and tail are black, the bottom of the body, the upper tail and the base of the tail are white. The female and juveniles lack black color on the throat and sides of the head, and the wings and tail are brownish.
The size: From a sparrow.

Features: The male differs from other wheatens by its buffy back. The female and juveniles are very similar to the females of other wheatears, differing only in a lighter color.

Habits: It keeps alone and in pairs on the ground and on stones.
Nature of stay: Migrant.