Rock thrush
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| Rock thrushes | |
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| Male Short-toed Rock Thrush, Monticola brevipes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Monticola F. Boie, 1822 |
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13, see text |
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Pseudocossyphus |
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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
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