Monticola cinclorhynchus (Blue capped Rockthrush)
Monticola cinclorhynchus-Blue capped Rockthrush in GHNP (click to enlarge)
Monticola cinclorhynchus-Blue capped Rockthrush in GHNP (click to enlarge)
| Common name | Blue-capped Rock Thrush |
| Scientific name | Monticola cinclorhynchus |
| Family | Muscicapidae |
| Description | It is 17 cm. An elegant Himalayan bird, common at an altitude of 1300– 2200 m. It prefers open forest, rocky grassy slopes. The male has a white wing patch and blue-black tail; blue crown and throat and orange underparts, obscured by pale fringes in non-breeding and first winter plumages. The female has uniform olive- brown upperparts; lacks buff neck patch of chestnut –bellied and orange red tail of Rufous-tailed. It is a summer visitor to the Himalayas and spent summer in open dry forest while its winters are spent in moist forest and well-wooded areas. |