Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMonticola (Rock-Thrushes)
- SpeciesMonticola saxatilis (Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush)
The common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), also known as the rufous-tailed rock thrush or simply rock thrush, is a species of chat that breeds in southern Europe across Central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe. Its range has contracted somewhat at the periphery in recent decades due to habitat destruction. For example, in the early 20th century it bred in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (Poland) where none occur today, but it is not considered globally endangered. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Lake Mburo National Park
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cossypha heuglini
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
White-browed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia leucophrys
Brown-backed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia hartlaubi
Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa aquatica
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossypha niveicapilla
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
Myioparus plumbeus
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Melaenornis edolioides
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Dioptrornis fischeri
Southern Black Flycatcher
Melaenornis pammelaina
Pale Flycatcher
Bradornis pallidus
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush at Lake Mburo National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there