Short-toed Rock Thrush

Short-toed Rock Thrush
Short-toed Rock Thrush
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Monticola
Species: M. brevipes
Binomial name
Monticola brevipes
(Waterhouse, 1838, 'Tans Mountain, Damaraland, near Walvis Bay)

The Short-toed Rock Thrush (Monticola brevipes) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Birds in the eastern part of its range are sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Pretoria Rock Thrush or Transvaal Rock Thrush (M. pretoriae).

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