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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 53 g
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 1
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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 2
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 3
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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 4
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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 5
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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 6
Photo: Firos AK · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 8
Photo: Firos AK · CC BY 4.0
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 9
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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris), photo 10
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ID tip

The 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). The male has a blue-grey crown and upperparts with darker lores and throat. The undersides are deep chestnut. The female has dull grey-brown upperparts and scalloped slate-grey with buffy-white underparts. The eyering and the post-auricular patch are whitish-buff.

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When to see the Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 10 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

India Bhutan China Thailand Nepal Myanmar (Burma) Laos Vietnam Hong Kong SAR China Pakistan

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bangladesh.

About the Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

The chestnut-bellied rock thrush is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

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Easily confused with

Blue-capped Rock Thrush (Monticola cinclorhyncha) Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhynchaThe male has a blue head, chin and throat. Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris) Cape Rock ThrushMonticola rupestrisThis bird is large and stocky for a rock thrush, measuring 21-22 cm (8.26in) in length. Short-toed Rock Thrush (Monticola brevipes) Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipesThe short-toed rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

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

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