Benson's Rock-thrush

Taxobox
name = Benson's Rock-thrush


status = NR
status_ref = [ [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html Species changing IUCN Red List.] ]
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Muscicapidae
genus = "Monticola"
species = "M. sharpei"
subspecies = "M. s. bensoni"
binomial = "Monticola sharpei bensoni"
binomial_authority = Farkas, 1971Verify source|date=May 2008
synonyms = "Monticola bensoni"
"Pseudocossyphus bensoni"

Benson's Rock-thrush ("Monticola sharpei bensoni") is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. Often considered a distinct species, it is nowadays usually included in the Forest Rock-thrush ("M. sharpei") as a subspecies; e.g. BirdLife International revised its status to subspecies in 2008 [BLI (2008a,b)] .

This bird is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss; when it was still considered a good species, it was classified as Near threatened by the IUCN [BLI (2004)] .

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References

*|year=2004|id=40332|title=Monticola bensoni|downloaded=26 July 2007
* (2008a) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=6283&m=0 Benson's Rock-thrush Species Factsheet] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-26.
* (2008b): [http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/species/global_species_programme/whats_new.html [2008 IUCN Redlist status changes] . Retrieved 2008-MAY-23.