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Rock thrush

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

The rock thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Monticola in the thrush family Turdidae. Three of the species are sometimes treated in a separate genus Pseudocossyphus.

All are Old World species associated with mountainous regions:

• Forest Rock Thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) sharpei
• Benson's Rock Thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) bensoni
• Littoral Rock Thrush, Monticola (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