Blue Rock Thrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male of the nominate subspecies is blue-gray during the breeding season, with darker wings
2. Slender bill
3. Female has dark brown upperparts and pale rufous scaling on the underparts
4. Male of the northern Chinese subspecies is rufous from the mid-breast to beneath the tail

Male, female and young

Female and immature have dark brown upperparts and paler rufous scaling on the underparts, and are less conspicuous than the male.

Voice

Male's song is clear and melodious, like that of Common Rock Thrush but louder.

Similar species

Common Rock Thrush

Common Rock Thrush has a blue-gray head, a white patch on the back, and a chestnut belly.

White-throated Rock Thrush

White-throated Rock Thrush has a blue head, an orange belly, and white patches on black wings.

Where and when it's recorded

Blue Rock Thrush has been recorded at 1,231 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 70 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Yeliu IBATaiwan (China)3,877 records
2. Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del GitanoSpain2,455 records
3. Casares – CastilloSpain1,493 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaSpainThailandJapanIndiaPortugalPhilippinesSouth Korea

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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