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Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
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About the Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
The common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), also known as the rufous-tailed rock thrush or simply rock thrush, is a species of chat that breeds in southern Europe across Central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe. Its range has contracted somewhat at the periphery in recent decades due to habitat destruction. For example, in the early 20th century it bred in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (Poland) where none occur today, but it is not considered globally endangered.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Monticola saxatilis
- Family
- Old World Flycatchers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the old world flycatchers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
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