Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis [Linnaeus, 1766] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
OH, ROCTH
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EURING No: 11620 | |
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Number in Britain:
0 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
18 cm
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Wingspan: 35 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 53 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: mons=mountain + -colere=to inhabit and L.: saxatilis=rock frequenting (from saxum=a rock) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: s Europe, n Africa, c Asia, WINTERS: n&e Africa |
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Habitat:
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Open rocky hills |
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Diet:
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Mostly large insects, also berries, hunts from perch flying to ground |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Hertfordshire, 1843
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
21
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
April to June
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1962),
Orkney
(1910),
Shetland
(1970),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1984),
North Yorkshire
(1969),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Hertfordshire
(1983),
Norfolk
(1995),
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South-east England:
Kent
(1983),
West Sussex
(1996),
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South-west England:
Devon
(2004),
Dorset
(1989),
Isles of Scilly
(1996),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1986),
Ceredigion
(1981),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Brych y Graig |
| Danish: Stendrossel | Dutch: Rode rotslijster |
| Finnish: Kivikkorastas | French: Merle de roche |
| German: Steinrötel | Hungarian: Kövirigó |
| Icelandic: Rauđţröstungur | Irish: Smólach Aille |
| Italian: Codirossone | Norwegian: Steintrost |
| Polish: Nagórnik zwyczajny | Portuguese: Merlo-das-rochas |
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Spanish:
Roquero rojo
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Swedish: Stentrast |
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