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 Mercantour National Park
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Rock-Thrush at Mercantour 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