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Blue-capped Rock-thrush

Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers

Monticola cinclorhyncha

Basic stats

Habitat

Dense Himalayan forest, pine forest and hill slopes in summer; dense canopied forest in winter

Range

Summer visitor to the Himalaya from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh; winters mainly in southern India

The blue-capped rock thrush is a thrush in which males have a blue head, chin and throat, blue and black upperparts, chestnut rump and underparts and a white wing patch seen in flight, while females are brown above with brown-and-white underparts. When disturbed it flies up into a tree and sits motionless (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds in dense Himalayan forest and pine-clad hill slopes, as a summer visitor from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh, and winters in the lowlands of southern India, mostly in the Western and Eastern Ghats. The source gives no size, diet or nesting detail and does not name Nepal (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Blue-capped Rock-thrush live in?
Dense Himalayan forest, pine forest and hill slopes in summer; dense canopied forest in winter
Where is the Blue-capped Rock-thrush found?
Summer visitor to the Himalaya from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh; winters mainly in southern India
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