Miombo Rock-Thrush (Monticola angolensis)

Other Names (World)
Miombo Rock-Thrush, Angola Rock-Thrush, Mottled Rock-Thrush, Miombo Rock Thrush

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sousa, 1888

Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical dry forest, plantations. From 600 - 2,250 m

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Miombo Rock Thrush (Monticola angolensis) [XC513829]
by Dries Van de Loock from Dzalanyama Forest Reserve, Malawi (song)

Miombo Rock Thrush (Monticola angolensis) [XC585192]
by Peter Boesman from Escarpment road, Northern Province, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade. May better be treated as monotypic.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

angolensis Sousa, 1888 - Angola and southern DRCongo east to northern, southern and south-western Tanzania and Rwanda and south to northern Zambia.
hylophilus Clancey, 1965 - Southern Zambia, western Malawi, western Mozambique, north-eastern Botswana and Zimbabwe.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Miombo Rock-Thrush (Monticola angolensis) - 10 files

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