#rock thrush

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha) male, family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, Margalla Hills National Park, Islamabad, Pakistan

photograph by Omar Arshad (@naturebyomar)

[proton-wobbler]

Great Backyard Bird Off - Eurasia (1.2)

Blue Rock-thrush

Eurasian Bittern

Voting ended onApr 16, 2025

[best-bird-tournament]

Rock thrush (Monticola) - round 1, section 2

Which is the best bird?

Benson's rock thrush

Common rock thrush

Blue rock thrush

Little rock thrush

White-winged cliff chat

Cape rock thrush

Miombo rock thrush

Voting ended onApr 30, 2025

[birdstudies]

May 14, 2022 - Sentinel Rock-Thrush (Monticola explorator)

Found in Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, and South Africa, these Old World flycatchers inhabit grasslands, heathlands, and rocky areas. They eat arthropods, including ants, beetles, and spiders, as well as some fruit and seeds, foraging mostly on the ground. Females build platform nests with cup-shaped cavities in crevices, on ledges, or under rocks or grass tufts, from grass, twigs, and roots. They incubate the eggs alone and do most of the feeding of the chicks. They are classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, as their population is thought to be declining moderately quickly. Though the current declines have not been explained, they likely face threats from climate change and habitat destruction.

[typhlonectes]

Blue Capped Rock Thrush, Monticola cinclorhyncha, male, Seminary Hills, Nagpur, India

photo: Aporrva2000 | Wikipedia CC

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), male EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes, Bhutan

photograph by Jainy Maria

[herpsandbirds]

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), family Muscicapidae, Thailand

Photograph by Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), male, family Muscicapidae, India

photograph by Satyaki Hosmane