Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni] (Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni])

Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni]

Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni] (= Monticola sharpei) (Gray, GR 1871)

The forest rock thrush is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It now includes Benson's rock thrush and Amber Mountain rock thrush as subspecies. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Monticola
Scientific:
  Monticola sharpei

Original description

Citation:
(Gray, GR 1871)

Reference:
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.4, vol.8, no.48 p.429

Protonym:
Cossypha Sharpei

Type locality:
Madagascar [= forests east of Ambatondrazaka (Lake Alaotra), fide Grandidier, 1879, Hist, phys. nat. pol. Madagascar, Ois., 1, p. 370].

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/86916#page/443/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
17CE23D4446EF7C6

Avibase ID:
avibase-17CE23D4

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/17CE23D4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916359

English:
Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni]
French:
Monticole de forêt ou M. de Benson [incl. salomonseni]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Forest or Benson's Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Forest or Benson's Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Forest Rock-Thrush (incl. salomonseni) ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Forest Rock-Thrush (incl. salomonseni) ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Forest Rock-Thrush (incl. salomonseni) ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Forest Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Forest Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Forest Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni] ( Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni])
Avilist 2025: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
Clements, version 2022: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
Clements, version 2023: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
Clements, version 2024: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
Clements, version 2025: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
eBird version 2022: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
eBird version 2023: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
eBird version 2024: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
eBird version 2025: Forest Rock-Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Monticola sharpei sharpei [version 2]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Monticola sharpei sharpei [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Forest Rock Thrush ( Monticola sharpei) [version 5]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. erythronotus, salomonseni]

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: merla roquera de Sharpe
Czech: skalník lesní
Danish: Skovstendrossel
German: Madagaskarrötel
English: Forest or Benson's Rock Thrush [incl. salomonseni], Forest or Benson's Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni], Forest Rock Thrush, Forest Rock-Thrush, Forest Rock-Thrush (incl. salomonseni), Forest Rock-Thrush [incl. salomonseni]
Esperanto: arbara montikolo
Spanish: Roquero de Sharpe
Finnish: rotkotasku
French: Monticole de forêt, Monticole de forêt [incl. salomonseni], Monticole de forêt ou M. de Benson [incl. salomonseni]
Croatian: madagaskarski kamenjar
Hungarian: Sharpe-rigó
Italian: Codirossone di foresta
Japanese (romaji): morikawaritsugumi
Japanese: モリカワリツグミ
Scientific: C. (ossypha) imerina, Cossypha Sharpei, Monticola [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni], Monticola imerina, Monticola sharpei, Monticola sharpei sharpei, Pseudocossyphus [sharpei or bensoni, incl. salomonseni], Pseudocossyphus imerina, Pseudocossyphus sharpei sharpei
Lithuanian: Miškinis akmeninis strazdas
Malagasy: Androbaka
Dutch: Bosrotslijster
Norwegian: Skogsteintrost
Polish: nagórnik leśny
Portuguese: melro-das-rochas-de-madagáscar
Portuguese (Portugal): roqueiro-malgaxe
Russian: Мадагаскарский каменный дрозд
Slovak: skaliar lesný
Serbian: Šumski kos kamenjar
Swedish: Skogsstentrast
Turkish: Madagaskar Taşkızılı
Ukrainian: Нагірник струмковий
Chinese: 岩鸲鸫
Chinese (Traditional): 林磯鶇