Blue-capped Rock Thrush

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Blue-capped Rock Thrush
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Monticola Species: M. cinclorhynchus
Binomial name
Monticola cinclorhynchus (Vigors, 1832)

The Blue-capped Rock-Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus is a species of thrush that breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and winters in the hill forests of southern India.

The male is bright blue and black on the upperparts with a prominent white wing mirror. The underside is rufous brown. The female is dark olive and appears barred on the underside.

Like other thrushes they fly up into trees and tend to freeze when disturbed.

It is a summer visitor in parts of Afghanistan and along the Himalayas from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh. In summer it is found in pine forests and hill slopes. In winter it is found in dense canopied forests. ^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Rasmussen, P and Anderton, J. C. (2005) Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vols 1 and 2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions

• BirdLife International (2004). Monticola cinclorhynchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern