Little Rock Thrush

What the Little Rock Thrush sounds like

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call · oldonyosambu, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Little Rock Thrush

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Little Rock Thrush

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Little Rock Thrush

The little rock thrush is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. It is found in rocky areas with some trees, and sometimes near settlements. At 15 to 16 centimetres this is the smallest of the Muscicapidae. The male has the head, throat and upper mantle blue-grey, the underparts orange-red, except for the center blackish center tail and tips which form an inverted T shape. The female is duller and paler. It is readily mistaken for a redstart because of its habit of trembling its tail.

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Easily confused with

Forest Rock ThrushMonticola sharpeiThe forest rock thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. White-throated Rock ThrushMonticola gularisThe white-throated rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae of the order Passeriformes. Miombo Rock ThrushMonticola angolensisThe Miombo rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.