Genus Monticola

 

Miombo Rock Thrush - The Miombo Rock-thrush is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Short-toed Rock Thrush - Birds in the eastern part of its range are sometimes regarded as a separate species, the Pretoria Rock-thrush or Transvaal Rock-thrush .

Blue-capped Rock Thrush - The male is bright blue and black on the upperparts with a prominent white wing mirror. The underside is rufous brown. The female is dark olive and appears barred on the underside.

 

Monticola erythronotus - The Amber Mountain Rock-thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It was for long included in the Forest Rock-thrush as a subspecies, but it is usually considered a separate species nowadays.

 

Sentinel Rock Thrush - The Sentinel Rock-thrush is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

 

White-throated Rock Thrush - The White-throated Rock-thrush is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

 

Monticola imerinus - Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

 

Little Rock Thrush - The Little Rock-thrush is a passerine bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen.

Cape Rock Thrush - This species breeds in mountainous rocky areas with scattered vegetation. It lays 2-3 eggs in a cup nest in a rock cavity or on a ledge. It eats a wide range of insects and other small animals, and some berries.

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush - It 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 where none occur today,

 

Monticola sharpei - The Forest Rock-thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It nowadays usually includes Benson's Rock-thrush as a subspecies M. s. bensoni, while the Amber Mountain Rock-thrush has been raised to distinct species status.

Blue Rock-Thrush - This species breeds in southern Europe and northwest Africa, and from central Asia to northern China and Malaysia.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Genus : Monticola