Rock-thrush

Rock-thrush

"Taxobox
name = Rock-thrushes


image_caption = Male Cape Rock-thrush, "Monticola rupestris"
image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Muscicapidae
genus = "Monticola"
genus_authority = Boie, 1822
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 13, see text
synonyms ="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 associated with mountainous regions.

Three of the species are sometimes spearated in "Pseudocossyphus".
* Forest Rock-thrush, "Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) sharpei"
** Benson's Rock-thrush, "Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) (sharpei) bensoni"
* Amber Mountain Rock-thrush "Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) erythronotus"
* Littoral Rock-thrush, "Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) imerinus"
* Cape Rock-thrush, "Monticola rupestris"
* Sentinel Rock-thrush, "Monticola explorator"
* Short-toed Rock-thrush, "Monticola brevipes"
* Miombo Rock-thrush, "Monticola angolensis"
* Rufous-tailed 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"

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/familia.phtml?idFamilia=137 Rock thrush videos] on the Internet Bird Collection


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