Rock-Thrushes
Monticola
The rock thrushes, Monticola, are a genus of chats, medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous songbirds. All are Old World birds, and most are associated with mountainous regions.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species
Blue Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola solitarius
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola saxatilis
Cape Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola rupestris
Blue-capped Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola cinclorhyncha
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola rufiventris
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola brevipes
White-throated Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola gularis
Sentinel Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola explorator
Forest Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola sharpei
Little Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola rufocinereus
Miombo Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola angolensis
Littoral Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola imerina
Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush
speciesMonticola erythronotus
White-winged Cliff-Chat
speciesMonticola semirufus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Monticola in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13138.