Blue Rock-thrush Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Monticola rufiventris
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Villages
Description : The Blue Rock Thrush is a passerine whose male is visibly different from the female (length 23 cm, weight 50 g, wing 12 cm, bill 2.7 cm, tarsus 2.8 cm, tail 8.5 cm approximately). The male in the breeding season has indigo-blue back, dark brown wings and tail. In the nonbreeding season, it has brownish-buff fringes all over its blue body. The female in the breeding season looks dark slate-brown with a bluish tinge and dark bars. Its underpart looks brownish with buff spots and blackish scaling. Its irises are brown, bill is dark brown, and legs and feet are black. It feeds on insects, lizards, small frogs, figs and berries. It breeds in April-July.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Larvivora brunnea
(Siberian Blue Robin) -
Turdus atrogularis
(Rufous-throated Thrush) -
Niltava macgrigoriae
(Large Niltava) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Muscicapa dauurica
(Spotted Flycatcher) -
Cyornis unicolor
(Pale‑chinned Flycatcher) -
Calliope pectardens
(Siberian Rubythroat) -
Turdus albocinctus
(Dusky Thrush) -
Cyornis banyumas
(Tickell's Blue-flycatcher) -
Muscicapa muttui
(Asian Brown Flycatcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.