Common Rock Thrush

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male in summer plumage has a white back
2. Male in summer plumage has a blue-gray head and orange belly
3. Male in summer plumage has dark brown wings

Male, female and young

Female and immature have a dark brown back and pale brown underside, both with scaling; outer tail feathers are reddish.

Voice

Male's song is clear and melodious.

Where and when it's recorded

Common Rock Thrush has been recorded at 314 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 52 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Green MubazzarahUnited Arab Emirates304 records
2. Mt. Kuro slopesGeorgia208 records
3. Private estate near Green MubazzarahUnited Arab Emirates170 records

Countries and regions with the most records

KenyaUnited Arab EmiratesTanzaniaGeorgiaMongoliaEthiopiaChinaKuwait

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 common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), also known as the rufous-tailed rock thrush or simply rock thrush, is a species of chat that breeds in southern Europe across Central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe.

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