BIRD SPECIES

Blue-capped Rock Thrush

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Monticola cinclorhynchus

The Blue-capped Rock Thrush is a thrush-like Old World flycatcher.

It measures about 7.5 inches in length and weighs around 29 - 41 grams.

Males are brightly colored and are unmistakable with their black mask, sky-blue head, and orange rump and underparts.

Females are gray-brown with scaled underparts and faint white eye crescents.

Breeds in hilly and montane areas, particularly open dry forests and rocky slopes with scattered trees.

Descends in the winter; favors secondary forests and plantations.

Breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and winters in the hill forests of southern India.

It is a summer visitor in parts of Afghanistan and along the Himalayas from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh.

SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://ebird.org
https://www.oiseaux.net