Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMonticola (Rock-Thrushes)
- SpeciesMonticola solitarius (Blue Rock-Thrush)
The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and from Central Asia to northern China and Malaysia. The blue rock thrush is the official national bird of Malta. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cat Tien National Park
White-throated Rock-Thrush
Monticola gularis
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis tickelliae
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
Siberian Blue Robin
Luscinia cyane
Hainan Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis hainanus
Verditer Flycatcher
Eumyias thalassinus
Pied Bushchat
Saxicola caprata
Hill Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis whitei
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
White-Tailed Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis concretus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Rock-Thrush at Cat Tien National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there