Rock thrush

Rock thrushes
Male Short-toed Rock Thrush, Monticola brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Monticola Boie, 1822
Species
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, and most are associated with mountainous regions.

Three of the species are sometimes separated 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
• 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

External links

• Rock thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection

This article about an Old World flycatcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Monticola Chats Muscicapidae stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Pallavolo Gabeca Benson's Rock Thrush Look at other dictionaries: Rock thrush — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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,… …   Wikipedia rock thrush — /ˈrɒk θrʌʃ/ (say rok thrush) noun any of various Eurasian and African birds related to thrushes, especially of the genus Monticola, as the rufous tailed rock thrush, M. saxatilis …   rock thrush — akmeniniai strazdai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Monticola angl. rock thrush rus. каменный дрозд, m pranc. merle de roche, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kiauliukės siauresnis terminas – afrikinis akmeninis strazdas… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas rock thrush — noun or rock shrike : any of various Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola * * * any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, esp. M. saxatilis, of Europe. [1775 85] …   Useful english dictionary rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, esp. M. saxatilis, of Europe. [1775 85] * * * …   Universalium rock-thrush — …   Useful english dictionary Blue Rock-thrush — Taxobox name = Blue Rock Thrush status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Turdidae genus = Monticola species = M. solitarius binomial = Monticola solitarius binomial… …   Wikipedia Blue Rock Thrush — Male M. solitarius philippensis Conservation status …   Wikipedia Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush — Taxobox name = Rock Thrush image caption = Male (center), female (below) and young bird (top). Public domain image from [http://www.biologie.uni hamburg.de/b online/birds/naumann.htm 1905 handbook] . status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”