← Alle voëls – All birds
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Bergwagter
Mountain Wheatear
Myrmecocichla monticola
Familie / Family: Muscicapidae
Spesienommer / Species number: 564
🏡 Bly hier – Resident
Hierdie voël bly die hele jaar by ons.
This bird lives here all year round.
Afrikaans
Die mannetjie is swart met 'n grys kroon en 'n wit skouerkol; die wyfie is donkerbruin. Albei het wit vere by die stert. Dit eet insekte.
Waar by die skool? Kyk op klippe, rotse en dakke.
Wil jy weet? Dit sit graag op die hoogste klip en wip sy stert gedurig op en af.
English
The male is black with a grey crown and a white shoulder patch; the female is dark brown. Both have white feathers near the tail. It eats insects.
Where at school? Look on stones, rocks and roofs.
Did you know? It likes to sit on the highest rock and keeps flicking its tail up and down.
