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Rock thrush

Rock Thrushes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genera
Pseudocossyphus
Monticola

The rock thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genera Pseudocossyphus and Monticola of the thrush family Turdidae.

All are Old World species associated with mountainous regions:

  • Forest Rock-Thrush, Pseudocossyphus sharpei
  • Benson's Rock-Thrush, Pseudocossyphus bensoni
  • Littoral Rock-Thrush, Pseudocossyphus imerinus

  • Cape Rock-Thrush, Monticola rupestris
  • Sentinel Rock-Thrush, Monticola explorator
  • Short-toed Rock-Thrush, Monticola brevipes
  • Miombo Rock-Thrush, Monticola angolensis
  • Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush[?], Monticola saxatilis
  • Little Rock-Thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
  • Blue-capped Rock-Thrush, Monticola cinclorhynchus
  • White-throated Rock-Thrush, Monticola gularis
  • Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, Monticola rufiventris
  • Blue Rock-Thrush[?], Monticola solitarius



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