Littoral Rock Thrush

Monticola imerina (Hartlaub, 1860)

Littoral Rock Thrush, Monticola imerina, is a bird of coastal south-western and southern Madagascar in the family Muscicapidae. It was first described by Hartlaub in 1860. The species is confined to Madagascar and has no recognised subspecies. It lives in the country’s southern coastal belt, from the Onilahy River to Lake Anony, west of Tôlanaro. Its preferred places are euphorbia thickets and low scrub on sandy ground or coral rag. The male is more brightly coloured than the female, with pale grey on the head, breast, mantle and wing coverts, dull orange underparts, grey-brown wings and a dark brown tail.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Africa: coastal sw, s Madagascar