Rock thrush
| Rock thrushes | |
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| Male short-toed rock thrush, Monticola brevipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Monticola F. Boie, 1822 |
| Species | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudocossyphus | |
The rock thrushes, Monticola, are a genus of chats, medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous songbirds. They were in former times placed in the thrush family Turdidae but actually belong in the closely related Muscicapidae. All are Old World birds, and most are associated with mountainous regions.
- Forest rock thrush, Monticola sharpei
- Benson's rock thrush, Monticola sharpei bensoni
- Amber Mountain rock thrush Monticola sharpei erythronotus
- Littoral rock thrush, Monticola imerinus
- Cape rock thrush, Monticola rupestris
- Sentinel rock thrush, Monticola explorator
- Short-toed rock thrush, Monticola brevipes
- Miombo rock thrush, Monticola angolensis
- Common rock thrush, Monticola saxatilis
- Little rock thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
- Blue-capped rock thrush, Monticola cinclorhynchus
- White-throated rock thrush, Monticola gularis
- Chestnut-bellied rock thrush, Monticola rufiventris
- Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
Fossil record
Monticola pongraczi (Pliocene of Beremend, Hungary) [1]
References
- ↑ Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monticola. |
- Rock thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection