Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush*
Id (Atlas):
Monticola saxatilis
Description (10 )
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
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Other Names (World)
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush, Common Rock-thrush, European Rock-thrush, Mountain Rock-thrush, Spotted Rock-thrush, Common Rock Thrush
Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)
Size
19 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna, temperate grassland and shrubland. From 1,250 - 4,000 m.
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B), Armenia (B), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus, Czech Republic (B), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (B), Gambia, Georgia (B), Germany (E) (B), Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece (B) (P), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (P), Israel (B), Italy (B), Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon (B), Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Poland (B), Portugal (B), Qatar, Romania (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia (B), Sierra Leone, Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B), Somalia, Spain (B), Sudan, Switzerland (B), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Ukraine (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara, Yemen.
Vagrant to Belgium, Côte dIvoire, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Norway, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sweden, Togo, United Kingdom, Zambia.
Mountains from southern and central Europe and north-western Africa east to south-western and central Asia (east to L Baikal, Inner Mongolia and central China). Non-breeding sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (126)... )
Listen to XC568977
Common Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis ) [XC568977 ]
by Stanislas Wroza from Le Reposoir, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, France (alarm call, call)
Listen to XC653283
Common Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis ) [XC653283 ]
by Jessica Peruzzo from Posina, Provincia di Vicenza, Veneto, Italy (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
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For more information about the Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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