OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Monticola ("Mountain dweller") solitarius ("solitary")
Top Left: Male Blue Rock Thrush (subspecies M. s. philippensis) at Kamakura, Japan - November 2014
Top Right: Female Blue Rock Thrush (subspecies M. s. philippensis) at Kamakura, Japan - November 2014
Bottom: Male Blue Rock Thrush (subspecies M. s. solitarius) at Monfrague National Park, Spain - April 2016
Weight: 40-70g / Length: 21-23cm / Wingspan: 35-40cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Despite the name "Thrush" and the distinctively Thrush like shape, it is actually a member of the old world flycatchers like the robins and redstarts. It is broadly distributed across the Old World and resident across its range, found in a range which extends from Southern Europe to North Africa and across to East Asia. They generally live in mountainous areas where they make their nests in rocky crevices. I found this species while following the craggy coast of Kamakura round to a viewpoint for Mount Fuji - a male and two females were living in a short stretch between rocky cliffs and the sea, often alighting on overhead wires.
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Monticola
Subspecies: M. s. solitarius, M. s. longirostris, M. s. pandoo, M. s. philippensis, M. s. madoci
- Sighting Locations -
- CAMBODIA/SINGAPORE 2019 TRIP: Seen at Angkor Wat
- TOKYO/HOKKAIDO 2014 TRIP: Two males and one female seen on the outskirts of Kamakura
- MADRID 2015 TRIP: Several seen at Patones- MADRID 2016 TRIP: Two males seen at Monfrague
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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