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Common Rock Thrush
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
The Common Rock Thrush, scientifically named *Monticola saxatilis*, is a species of bird within the genus *Monticola*. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1766. It is also referred to by the common names Roquero rojo, Monticole de roche, Codirossone, and Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush.
This species has a taxon range that includes Africa and Burkina Faso. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2024. Biological data for the species indicates a litter size of 3.5, an egg incubation period of 14, and a mass of 52.4.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Common Rock Thrush is referenced by 152 other articles, and connects out to Monticola, Europe and China.
It is catalogued under topics including Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Birds described in 1766 and Birds of Eurasia.
Its subject is documented across 56 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Least ConcernRufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
species
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Monticola
- Mass
- 52.4
- Image
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush (Monticola saxitilis) (38253100512).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Monticola saxatilis
- taxon name
- Monticola saxatilis
- Commons gallery
- Monticola saxatilis
- litter size
- 3.5
- egg incubation period
- 14
- taxon common name
- melro-das-rochas-eurasiático
- short name
- M. saxatilis
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Encyclopedic overview
The common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), also known as the rufous-tailed rock thrush or simply rock thrush, is a species of chat that breeds in southern Europe across Central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe. Its range has contracted somewhat at the periphery in recent decades due to habitat destruction. For example, in the early 20th century it bred in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (Poland) where none occur today, but it is not considered globally endangered.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Common Rock Thrush” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.