White-crowned Wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga
 
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 White-crowned Wheatear
 Oenanthe leucopyga
 Spotted on 25 March 2001 in the garden of Cruzinha by Victoria Beale and Bébé Soares. Species never seen before in Portugal, and there are only three previous records confirmed for the whole of Western Europe. This species is a desert bird of North Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula .
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