Rock thrush

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Rock thrushes
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Male short-toed rock thrush, Monticola brevipes
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Monticola

F. Boie, 1822
Species

13, see text

Synonyms

Pseudocossyphus

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The rock thrushes, Monticola, are a genus of chats, medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous songbirds. They were in former times placed in the thrush family, Turdidae, but actually belong in the closely related Muscicapidae. All are Old World birds, and most are associated with mountainous regions.

Fossil record

Monticola pongraczi (Pliocene of Beremend, Hungary) [1]

References

  1. Kessler, E. 2013. Neogene songbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) from Hungary. – Hantkeniana, Budapest, 2013, 8: 37-149.

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