Thrushes (Turdidae)

Littoral Rock-thrush (Monticola imerinus) - HBW 10, p. 717

French: Monticole du littoral German: Dünenrötel Spanish: Roquero Litoral
Other common names: Littoral Robin-chat

Taxonomy: C.(ossypha) imerina Hartlaub, 1860, St Augustine Bay, south-eastern Madagascar.
Sometimes placed with M. sharpei, M. erythronotus and M. bensoni in a separate genus, Pseudocossyphus, although recent genetic evidence, and the shared possession of a derived juvenile plumage, supports their inclusion in present genus. Has been considered conspecific with one or all of these. Monotypic.

Distribution: Coastal SW & S Madagascar.