Sentinel Rock Thrush
Monticola explorator(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Sentinel Rock Thrush
The Sentinel Rock Thrush (Monticola explorator) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Monticola explorator
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Sentinel Rock Thrush
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Monticola explorator explorator
- Monticola explorator tenebriformis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Turdus explorator
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- mountains of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 20 p.260
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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