Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha) | Photos and ID

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ForestCavity nestSmall · 36 g

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Ashok Sengupta, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Paulmathi Vinod, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Maya Lodhiyal, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 6 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Mathieu Soetens, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Name, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Jagdish Singh Negi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Renjith Jacob Mathews, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The male has a blue head, chin and throat. The upper parts are blue and black. The rump and underparts are chestnut brown. There is a white patch on the wing that is visible during flight. The female bird is brown with a brown and white underside.

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When to see the Blue-capped Rock Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Bhutan Nepal Pakistan Bangladesh

About the Blue-capped Rock Thrush

The blue-capped rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

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Easily confused with

Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestrisThis bird is large and stocky for a rock thrush, measuring 21-22 cm (8.26in) in length.

Chestnut-bellied Rock ThrushMonticola rufiventrisThe chestnut-bellied rock thrush is 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in) in overall length and weighs 48–61 g (1.7–2.2 oz).

Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilisThis is a medium-sized but stocky thrush 17–20 cm in length.

Side by side: Blue-capped Rock Thrush vs Blue Rock Thrush · Blue-capped Rock Thrush vs Common Rock Thrush · Blue-capped Rock Thrush vs Cape Rock Thrush · Blue-capped Rock Thrush vs Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

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