Chestnut-bellied rock thrush

Chestnut-bellied rock thrush
	Male at Dhanaulti, India.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Monticola
Species:	M. rufiventris
Binomial name
	Monticola rufiventris; (Jardine & Selby, 1833)
Synonyms
	Petrophila erythrogastra[2]

The chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

It is found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia. Its range includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tibet, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Gallery

Female at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
Female at Kausani, India.
Male at Almora

BirdLife International (2016). "Monticola rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708281A94155365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708281A94155365.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Oberholser, Harry C. (1921). "Mutanda ornithologica. X." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 34: 49–50.

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