Thrushes (Turdidae)
Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)
French: Monticole merle-bleu German: Blaumerle Spanish: Roquero Solitario
Other common names: Red-bellied Rock-thrush (philippensis)
Taxonomy:
Turdus [] solitarius Linnaeus, 1758, Italy.
Separation of races generally difficult; characters tend to intergrade, suggesting that most, if not all, variation is clinal. Race philippensis highly distinctive in plumage and to some extent apparently also in ecology, but intergradation extensive. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - NW Africa, S Europe (E to Italy and N Balkans), N Turkey and Transcaucasia; non-breeding also N Africa and Arabia.
- longirostris (Blyth, 1847) - Greece, W & S Turkey and Levant to Tien Shan and NW Himalayas; non-breeding also NE Africa E to N India.
- pandoo (Sykes, 1832) - C Himalayas, C & E China (including Hainan) and N Vietnam; non-breeding S & SE Asia S to Greater Sundas.
- solitarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - NW Africa, S Europe (E to Italy and N Balkans), N Turkey and Transcaucasia; non-breeding also N Africa and Arabia.
- longirostris (Blyth, 1847) - Greece, W & S Turkey and Levant to Tien Shan and NW Himalayas; non-breeding also NE Africa E to N India.
- pandoo (Sykes, 1832) - C Himalayas, C & E China (including Hainan) and N Vietnam; non-breeding S & SE Asia S to Greater Sundas.
- philippensis (Statius Muller, 1776) - E Mongolia, NE China, Korea, S Sakhalin, S Kuril Is, Japan, Ryukyu Is, and N Philippines (Batanes Is); non-breeding SE China and Philippines S to Sundas.
- madoci Chasen, 1940 - extreme S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and N Sumatra.
- Least Concern
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A male on a rock Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 18 January 2009 48 weeks ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of an adult male Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Javier Ortas 2 May 2005 49 weeks ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a male on a fence Oman (solitarius)
Eric Roualet 27 February 2008 1 year ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A male mandibulating a caterpillar and then swallowing it Ifrane, Morocco (solitarius)
Josep del Hoyo 1 April 2007 2 years ago 40 sec 4.2 -
An adult female perched Qarn Nazwa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (solitarius)
Eric Roualet 27 February 2008 1 year ago 36 sec 4 -
A front view of a female on a roof Doi Inthanon National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
Josep del Hoyo 8 November 2004 2 years ago 32 sec 3.8
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A male in a cliff Portugal
Jose Viana 5 May 2006 26 weeks ago 4.2 -
Female feeding close to the nest-site Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 9 May 2006 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
In th Rain. Taiwan
alder 19 November 2009 9 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult standing on a wall. Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (solitarius)
Christophe Gouraud 15 March 2009 18 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult male on a rock Oukaïmden, Morocco (solitarius)
Alain Fossé 18 March 2004 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
Male protecting the territory Extremadura, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 7 May 2008 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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Alarm call Delphi, Central Greece, Greece
Joe Angseesing 23 May 2006 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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