Medium-sized bird (about 18 cm or 7 in) with completely black plumage except for the rump (or tailbone, part of the back before the tail) and the base of the tail, which is white. The tail shows a characteristic black inverted T. The females have dark brown plumage. In flight the white tail on the rest of the dark body stands out.
Rocky environments
Rupicolous species typical of arid zones and with scarce vegetation, such as pits and rocky walls, ravines, rocky pastures and screes.
Species resident throughout the year in the province. It breeds between December and February, building a nest in hollows of rocky walls, and makes two annual layings of 2 to 6 eggs. This bird feeds on insects that it catches on the ground. It likes to perch in prominent places, where it is often noted for the contrast between the rock and the black colour of its plumage.
It is present in many stages of the Great Path, especially in those with rupicolous habitat. It can be watched, for example, in stages 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 33 and 34.
The Black Wheatear is a bird whose global distribution is limited to North Africa and south of the Iberian Peninsula. It is a common bird in the majority of the mountain ranges in Malaga.
- Camino de la Fuenfría
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Chorro (Paraje Natural del Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes)
- El Torcal
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 09. Periana - Riogordo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 05. Nerja - Frigiliana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 06. Frigiliana - Cómpeta
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 20. Embalses del Guadalhorce - Estación de El Chorro (Álora)
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 21. Estación de El Chorro (Álora) - Carratraca - Ardales
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 29. Casares - Estepona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 32. Ojén - Mijas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 34. Benalmádena - Alhaurín de la Torre
- Hoz de Marín
- Llanos de Líbar
- Llanos de Líbar
- Paraje Natural El Torcal
- Sierra de Matagallar
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Sierra del Padrastro
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