Blue Rock THRUSH

Monticola solitarius


Classification

  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Muscicapidés
  • Genus: Monticola
  • Species: solitarius

DESCRIPTOR

  • Linnaeus, 1758

biometrics

  • Size: 23 cm
  • Wingspan: 32 to 37 cm
  • Weight: 37 to 54 g

Distribution


BIRD SONG

XC : Fernand Deroussen



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IDENTIFICATION

The male is entirely blue (with darker wings) and the female brown on the top and light brown speckled with dark below. Apart from poor observation conditions where the plumage of the male Blue Monticole may appear black, no confusion is possible. Essentially a sedentary species, but migrates altitudinally.

HABITAT

This monticole is a southern species: it nests in almost all the northern Mediterranean countries. Its habitat is mineral: it likes sunny rocky areas, ruins and the rocky coasts of the Mediterranean. Altitudinal range in France goes from sea level to 1,800 m in Corsica.

Threat – protection

Rare species in France (red list). Vulnerable in Europe. French range declined until the 1970s. This phenomenon is thought to be due in particular to the abandonment of farming (in areas of poor soil in the south of France), resulting in the closure of habitats. The over-frequentation of rocky areas (tourism, climbing, etc.) and various developments (coastal development in particular) are also thought to be to blame.

Gallery

Find all the walls

15 walls

Place

14-16 Penpoll Road,
London

Fresque

Hummingbird by Claire Ward Thornton

Par

Claire Ward-Thornton

Oiseau

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Place

Aknīste – Gārsene – Ausmas,
LV-5218 Gārsene,
Lettonie Zemgale

Fresque

Black storks

Par

Anda Lāce

Oiseau

Black Stork

Place

Bruxelles Belgique

Fresque

Turtle Dove

Par

Aurore Vegas

Oiseau

European Turtle Dove

Place

Jarrestraße 20,
22303 Hamburg,
Allemagne

Fresque

COMMON KESTREL

Par

Hanadi Chawaf

Oiseau

Common Kestrel

Place

Lisbonne,
Portugal

Fresque

Vulture & Eagle

Par

Tatiana Saum

Oiseaux

Spanish Imperial Eagle, Cinereous Vulture.

Place

Kišpatićeva ul. 12,
10000,
Zagreb,
Croatie

Fresque

Common Kingfisher

Par

Chez 186

Oiseau

Common Kingfisher

Place

1 Boulevard de Dresde,
67000 Strasbourg,
France Grand Est

Fresque

Eurasian Curlew

Par

Philippe Baudelocque

Oiseau

Eurasian Curlew

Place

Tabor,
1000 Ljubljana,
Slovénie

Fresque

Little Tern

Par

Škart

Oiseau

Little Tern

Place

Roodborststraat 18,
3083 WB Rotterdam,
Pays-Bas

Fresque

The European Robin

Par

Marloes de Kiewit

Oiseau

European Robin

Place

35 Rue du Général Leclerc92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux

Fresque

Five birds by Mantra

Par

Mantra

Oiseaux

Common Kingfisher, Barn Swallow, European Goldfinch, Eurasian bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

Place

Place Seigneur de Monlezun,
Sempesserre

Fresque

The Red Partridge

Par

Adèle Renault

Oiseau

Red-legged Partridge

Place

Ss Cyril & Methodius 44,
Skopje 1000,
Macédoine du Nord

Fresque

Egyptian Vulture

Par

Dorotej Neshovski

Oiseau

Egyptian Vulture

Place

2 Place des Marseillaises,
Marseille

Fresque

6 Mediterranean and American birds

Par

Fikos

Oiseaux

Eurasian Hoopoe, Western Black-eared Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush.

Place

299 Avenue de l’Adour,
Anglet

Fresque

11 migratory birds of the Basque coast

Par

MioSHe

Oiseau

Common crane

Place

84 Rue du Chemin Vert,
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Fresque

Common Kestrel

Par

Telmo Miel

Oiseau

Common Kestrel