Photographed in Onslow, Western Australia, July 2018 |
1256 EASTERN BLUE ROCK THRUSH Monticola solitarius
AUSTRALIA 753
Found on rocky shorelines, cliffs, open stony country, coastal towns. Solitary, though occasionally in groups on rocks. Breeds in S Europe, N Africa, Central Asia, China, Japan and N Philippines; migrates to Sumatra to breed. Very rare vagrant to Australia; recorded at Noosa 1997.