Littoral Rock-Thrush Monticola imerina Scientific name definitions
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Text last updated July 6, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | merla roquera costanera |
Danish | Lavlandsstendrossel |
Dutch | Duinrotslijster |
English | Littoral Rock-Thrush |
English (Kenya) | Littoral Rock Thrush |
English (UK) | Littoral Rock Thrush |
English (United States) | Littoral Rock-Thrush |
French | Monticole du littoral |
French (France) | Monticole du littoral |
German | Dünenrötel |
Japanese | カワリツグミヒタキ |
Norwegian | kyststeintrost |
Polish | nagórnik nadbrzeżny |
Russian | Тусклый каменный дрозд |
Serbian | Madagaskarski morski kos |
Slovak | skaliar pobrežný |
Spanish | Roquero Litoral |
Spanish (Spain) | Roquero litoral |
Swedish | dynstentrast |
Turkish | Sahil Taşkızılı |
Ukrainian | Нагірник прибережний |
Monticola imerina (Hartlaub, 1860)
Definitions
- MONTICOLA
- monticola
- imerina / imerinus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
16 cm. Sexes like respective sexes of M. sharpei, but longer-billed, with no rufous in tail; male much greyer on head , breast and mantle; female greyer, with pale orange-tinged rump, and unstreaked below. Juvenile is like female, but mottled whitish above; young male soon acquires orange flecks.
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
Coastal SW & S Madagascar (Salary Nord, where recently recorded (3), S to Cap Sainte-Marie and L Anony).
Habitat
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Berries, fruit and insects. Forages by hopping along ground; if disturbed, flies to higher perch and adopts characteristic upright posture, with bill pointing upwards. Also searches for prey from perches on termitaria or pieces of limestone.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Song consists of various repeated short scratchy phrases, including “cheearr tu-tu-tu”, and longer phrases mingling clear whistles with scratchy notes. Alarm call a quiet “kirr-tak-tak-tak”.
Breeding
Oct–Feb. Territory size estimated at 1 ha. Nest a bowl made of lichens, moss and other fibrous material, strengthened with feathers, bits of snakeskin and twiglets, with lining of softer material; usually suspended among branches, supported below by twig, 1·5–3 m above ground in Euphorbia stenoclada tree. Eggs 3, plain turquoise; nestling period 18 days in captivity. No other information.
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in South Malagasy Spiny Forests EBA. Recently recorded at Salary Nord, c. 120 km N of previously known range limit (4). Abundant within its small range. Tolerant of areas grazed by livestock and near villages, although scarcer towards Fort Dauphin.