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 Cuc Phuong National Park
White-rumped Shama
Copsychus malabaricus
Rufous-tailed Robin
Larvivora sibilans
Fujian Niltava
Niltava davidi
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucura
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
White-Tailed Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis concretus
Hainan Blue-Flycatcher
Cyornis hainanus
Amur Stonechat
Saxicola stejnegeri
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
Taiga Flycatcher
Ficedula albicilla
Japanese Robin
Erithacus akahige
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Rock-Thrush at Cuc Phuong 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