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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | [[Image:13368DSC8998 blue headed rt.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Rakesh|Rakesh}}<br />Nandi Hills, Bangalore, [[India]], December 2005]] | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Mountains of eastern [[Afghanistan]], northern [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]; winters to [[Myanmar]]. | Mountains of eastern [[Afghanistan]], northern [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]; winters to [[Myanmar]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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Winters in moist forest and well wooded areas. | Winters in moist forest and well wooded areas. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | [[Image:blue-headed_rock_thrush.JPG|thumb|350px|right|1st Winter Male<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Bhimashankar WLS, Dist. Pune, Maharashtra, [[India]], Jan-2016]] | ||
Their varied diet consists of small lizards, frogs, insects, snails, worms, berries and seeds. | Their varied diet consists of small lizards, frogs, insects, snails, worms, berries and seeds. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 31 January 2017
- Monticola cinclorhyncha
Identification
17cm
Male
- Bright blue and black upperparts
- White wing bar
- Rufous underparts
Female
- Dark olive upperparts
- Heavily scaled underparts
Distribution
Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan and India; winters to Myanmar.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Broadleaved open and sub-tropical forest; open rocky and grassy hillsides.
Winters in moist forest and well wooded areas.
Behaviour
Diet
Their varied diet consists of small lizards, frogs, insects, snails, worms, berries and seeds.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)
- Wikipedia
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-capped Rock Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-capped_Rock_Thrush
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