Breeding male © Santiago Caballero Carrera eBird S60781714 Macaulay Library ML 183109641
Breeding male © Markus Craig
Female/nonbreeding male © Robert Tovey
Female/nonbreeding male © Asghar Mohammadi Nasrabadi
Breeding male © Fernando Enrique Navarrete
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Breeding male © José Frade

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis

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Identification

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Distinctive, small, short-tailed thrush-like bird. Males are strikingly beautiful with bright blue-gray head, white back patch, and chestnut underparts. Females are reddish-brown and have a scaly appearance, with a tail pattern similar to males. Breeds on rocky mountain slopes and alpine meadows, usually above 1,500 m (5,000 ft). Usually shy but may be obvious when delivering its melodic Eurasian Blackbird-like song in flight.

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