Littoral Rock Thrush (Monticola imerina)
About the Littoral Rock Thrush
The littoral rock thrush (Monticola imerina) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. When Gustav Hartlaub first described the littoral rock thrush in 1860, he assigned it to the genus Cossypha, believing it to be a robin-chat. It is monotypic, with no distinctive subspecies in its small range. As with the other rock thrushes, the littoral rock thrush is sexually dimorphic; the male has much more colorful plumage than the female does. He is pale gray on the head, breast, mantle and wing coverts, with dull orange underparts, gray-brown wings and a dark brown tail.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 26 recordings for this species: 20 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Madagascar in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitariusrecording
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilisrecording
- Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereusrecording
- Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipesrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.