Showing posts with label Monticola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monticola. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock Thrush) - Sikkim Bird

Monticola solitarius (Blue Rock Thrush - female)
Place : Sirwani, East Sikkim
Date: February 16,  2010
Pic: Krishna Dahal





Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Monticola
Species: M. solitarius

Binomial name: Monticola solitaries (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names: 

Special feature:  The blue rock thrush is Malta's national bird and is shown on the Lm 1 coin that was part of the previous currency of the country.(Wikipedia)