Misplaced Pages

Little rock thrush
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Monticola
Species:	M. rufocinereus
Binomial name
Monticola rufocinereus (Rüppell, 1837)

The little rock thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. It is found in rocky (inland cliffs and mountain peaks) areas with some trees, and sometimes near settlements. At 15 to 16 centimetres (5.9 to 6.3 in) this is the smallest of the Muscicapidae. The male has the head, throat and upper mantle blue-grey, the underparts orange-red, except for the center blackish center tail and tips which form an inverted T shape. The female is duller and paler. It is readily mistaken for a redstart because of its habit of trembling its tail.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Monticola rufocinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708265A94154605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708265A94154605.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Aerts, R.; Lerouge, F.; November, E. (2019). Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
3. ^ Stevenson & Fanshawe 2002, p. 342
4. ^ Sinclair & Ryan 2003, p. 434

Works cited

• Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2003). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Cape Town: Struik.
• Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (2002). A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa.

This article about an Old World flycatcher is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Monticola
• Birds of the Horn of Africa
• Birds of the Middle East
• Birds described in 1837
• Muscicapidae stubs