Least ConcernRufous-tailed Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
14 countries30 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 2 species of rock thrush, in the family Muscicapidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 35 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
The male has a blue head, orange breast and rusty tail; very shy.
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It is a trans-Saharan migrant weighing fifty grams: it breeds on the scree of the Iberian high mountains and spends the winter in the savannahs of the Sahel, crossing the desert twice a year.
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It is in marked decline in Spain and across Europe, and the main cause appears to be the abandonment of mountain grazing, which closes up the open stony grassland it needs.
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The slate-blue male sings from rooftops and towers in spring.
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It is the national bird of Malta, where it is known as the merill and appears on the country's euro coins.
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Its fluting, wistful song from a rock ledge, sustained for minutes at a time, has earned it its Spanish name, meaning "the solitary one", and it has been cited in Mediterranean poetry since antiquity.
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