Rock-thrushes
Male Short-toed Rock-thrush, Monticola brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Monticola Boie, 1822
Species
13, see text
Synonyms
Pseudocossyphus

The rock-thrushes, Monticola, are a genus of chats, medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous songbirds. They were in former times placed in the thrush family Turdidae but actually belong in the closely related Muscicapidae. All are Old World birds associated with mountainous regions.

Three of the species are sometimes separated in Pseudocossyphus.

• Forest Rock-thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) sharpei
  • Benson's Rock-thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) (sharpei) bensoni
• Amber Mountain Rock-thrush Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) erythronotus
• Littoral Rock-thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) imerinus
• Cape Rock-thrush, Monticola rupestris
• Sentinel Rock-thrush, Monticola explorator
• Short-toed Rock-thrush, Monticola brevipes
• Miombo Rock-thrush, Monticola angolensis
• Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush, Monticola saxatilis
• Little Rock-thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
• Blue-capped Rock-thrush, Monticola cinclorhynchus
• White-throated Rock-thrush, Monticola gularis
• Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush, Monticola rufiventris
• Blue Rock-thrush, Monticola solitarius

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• Rock thrush videos on the Internet Bird Collection

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