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Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)

English (US) Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) 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.

Range: Pakistan to southeastern Tibet, southwestern China, Myanmar, northern Laos, and northern VietnamRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Monticola rufiventris
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
Described by
(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Petrocincla rufiventris
Described by
(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1833)
Type locality
Himalayan district ; restricted to Simla by Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 523.
Original description
Illustrations of ornithology 3 pl.129

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 352 species of the family Muscicapidae