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ForestCavity nestSmall · 28 g
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This is a small forest-dwelling thrush, growing to a length of about 16 cm (6.3 in). Males have blue hoods, chestnut upperparts, bright orange tail with brown central feathers and orange underparts. Females are mostly brown with an orange wash on the underparts and lack the blue hood. Males are distinguished from other rock-thrushes by the dark rufous back, while the females have bright orange tails and lack white streaking on the breast.
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When to see the Amber Mountain Rock Thrush
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Amber Mountain Rock Thrush
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Amber Mountain Rock Thrush
The Amber Mountain rock thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the forest rock thrush.
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Easily confused with
Littoral Rock ThrushMonticola imerinaAs with the other rock thrushes, the littoral rock thrush is sexually dimorphic; the male has much more colorful plumage than the female does.
White-winged Cliff ChatMonticola semirufusThe white-winged cliff chat is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Miombo Rock ThrushMonticola angolensisThe Miombo rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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