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 LC    Little Rock-Thrush* Id (Atlas):
    Monticola rufocinereus

Description (10)
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Rüppell, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry grassland, dry savanna, dry forest, arable land. From 800 - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia (B), Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Oman.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

 
Little Rock Thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) [XC714968]
     by Oscar Campbell from Al Soudah Waterfall, Saudi Arabia (song)

 
Little Rock Thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) [XC714975]
     by Guido O. Keijl from Raidah Sanctuary, Abha, Aseer Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • rufocinereus (Rüppell, 1837)   -  Eritrea, Ethiopia, northern Somalia, eastern Uganda, Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.
  • sclateri Hartert, 1917   -  South-western Arabian Peninsula.



References
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Files:
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