#0970 · 🐦 birds

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

🇳🇱 Rode Rotslijster ·Monticola saxatilis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © cog2022 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
5. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
6. Pian dell'Alpe - Torino - Italia:© Elio Giacone · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 87561 Oberstdorf, Deutschland:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
8. 74950 Le Reposoir, France:© Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Выдрино, Респ. Бурятия, Россия:© Griha Hasanov · CC BY 4.0
10. Улаганский р-н, Респ. Алтай, Россия:© Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The common rock thrush ( Monticola saxatilis ), formerly rufous-tailed rock thrush or rock thrush , is a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly placed in the family Turdidae. The scientific name is from Latin. Monticola is from mons, montis "mountain", and colere , "to dwell", and saxatilis means "rock-frequenting", from saxum , "stone" .

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,055iNaturalist observations
weight 52.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).