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[[Image:White-throated Rock-Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|jaray|jaray}}<br />Phukieow, Chaiphoom, [[Thailand]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Monticola|Monticola]] gularis
 
;[[:Category:Monticola|Monticola]] gularis
[[Image:White-throated Rock-Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jaray<br />Photo taken: Phukieow,Chaiphoom,Thailand .]]
 
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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16–19 cm (6¼-7½ in)
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*Blue crown
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*Chestnut-orange underparts
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*White line down centre of throat
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====Similar Species====
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[[Image:White-Throated Rock Thrush female .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Owen+Krout|Owen Krout}}<br />Panjin, Liaoning, [[China]], May 2018]]
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[[Blue-capped Rock Thrush]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Japan]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Laos]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Russia]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]].
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[[Asia]]: [[Russia]], [[Siberia]], [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Hong Kong]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]]
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Temperate forests.
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They breed in open mixed montane forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of invertebrates such as beetles, weevils, crickets and moths.
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====Breeding====
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They construct a bulky nest from dried leaves, twigs, lichen, moss and rootlets. There is usually a second brood.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2018)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Monticola+gularis}}
 
{{GSearch|Monticola+gularis}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Monticola]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Monticola]]

Latest revision as of 23:15, 17 May 2018

Photo by jaray
Phukieow, Chaiphoom, Thailand
Monticola gularis

Identification

16–19 cm (6¼-7½ in)

  • Blue crown
  • Chestnut-orange underparts
  • White line down centre of throat

Similar Species

Female
Photo by Owen Krout
Panjin, Liaoning, China, May 2018

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Distribution

Asia: Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

They breed in open mixed montane forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of invertebrates such as beetles, weevils, crickets and moths.

Breeding

They construct a bulky nest from dried leaves, twigs, lichen, moss and rootlets. There is usually a second brood.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2018)

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