Rock thrush

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Rock thrushes | image = Monticola solitarius.jpg | image_caption = Female Blue Rock Thrush | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Turdidae | genus = Monticola | genus_authority = Boie, 1822 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} The rock thrushes are medium-sized mostly insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Monticola in the thrush family Turdidae. Three of the species are sometimes treated in a separate genus Pseudocossyphus.

All are Old World species associated with mountainous regions:

• Benson's Rock Thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) bensoni
• Blue-capped Rock Thrush, Monticola cinclorhynchus
• Blue Rock Thrush, Monticola solitarius
• Cape Rock Thrush, Monticola rupestris
• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, Monticola rufiventris
• Forest Rock Thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) sharpei
• Little Rock Thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
• Littoral Rock Thrush, Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) imerinus
• Miombo Rock Thrush, Monticola angolensis
• Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Monticola saxatilis
• Sentinel Rock Thrush, Monticola explorator
• Short-toed Rock Thrush, Monticola brevipes
• White-throated Rock Thrush, Monticola gularisfr:Monticola