Thrushes (Turdidae)
Little Rock-thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) - HBW 10, p. 720
French: Monticole rougequeue
German: Schluchtenrötel
Spanish: Roquero Chico
Taxonomy: Saxicola rufocinerea Rüppell, 1837, Simen Province, northern Ethiopia.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufocinereus (Rüppell, 1837) - Eritrea, Ethiopia, N Somalia, E Uganda, Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- sclateri Hartert, 1917 - SW Arabian Peninsula.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched on a thorny bush and flying away. Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
A male perched on a euphorbia. Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on an Opuntia cactus Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Keith Blomerley 6 April 2002 5 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
A male perched on an Opuntia cactus. Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Josep del Hoyo 24 November 2005 7 years ago 19 sec 3.8 -
A female perched Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Ron Hoff 11 December 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 3.6 -
A front view of a percehd male Locality Saudi Arabia (ssp sclateri)
John Gregory 30 April 2002 5 years ago 34 sec 3.4
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a bird on top of an African hut
Locality Ankober Lodge, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinerus)
Stefan Helming 1 May 2009 4 years ago 4 -
a bird on a small tree
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 28 December 2008 4 years ago 3.7 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya (ssp rufocinereus)
Ken Havard 13 February 2006 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched on a bush.
Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 3 years ago 3.4 -
Female in a tree
Locality Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (ssp rufocinereus)
Holger Meinig 19 April 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Perched in tree
Locality Mai Nefe, Central Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 3 February 2009 2 years ago 3
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