Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusMonticola (Rock-Thrushes)
- SpeciesMonticola solitarius (Blue Rock-Thrush)
The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. It breeds in southern Europe, northwest Africa, and from Central Asia to northern China and Malaysia. The blue rock thrush is the official national bird of Malta. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Minneriya National Park
Indian Robin
Saxicoloides fulicatus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis tickelliae
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa latirostris
Brown-breasted Flycatcher
Muscicapa muttui
Indian Blue Robin
Luscinia brunnea
Purple-rumped Sunbird
Leptocoma zeylonica
Black-hooded Oriole
Oriolus xanthornus
Oriental Pipit
Anthus rufulus
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos
Yellow-billed Babbler
Turdoides affinis
Common Iora
Aegithina tiphia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blue Rock-Thrush at Minneriya National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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