Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush - Corbett NP

P1210261 - Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush - Size 20 cm

# 202 - 26/01/18 - 16:47 (11:17 GMT)

 

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush - female - Corbett National Park - Western Himalayas.

 

Common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), formerly rufous-tailed rock thrush or European rock thrush, is a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae.

 

It 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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