BLUE ROCK THRUSH

 

(*1256)               BLUE ROCK THRUSH                Monticola solitarius 

CAMBODIA                57

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.

BLUE ROCK THRUSH

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.