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Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)

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Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)

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Species/Soort Family/Familie Order/Orde Class/Klasse Phylum/Stam Kingdom/Rijk
Blue rock thrush Chats, old world flycatchers Perching birds Birds Chordate Animals
Blauwe rotslijster Vliegenvangers Zangvogels Vogels Gewervelden Dieren
Monticola solitarius Muscicapidae Passeriformes Aves Chordata Animalia

N10 (Taliouine, Souss-Massa, Morocco)

2024:10:15 13:00:49
Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 3200, distance 27.9 m

N10 (Taroudant, Souss-Massa, Morocco)

2024:10:15 15:14:25
Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 800, distance 39.5 m

Alquézar, Aragón, Spain

2016:06:01 17:08:01
Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
NIKON D500 with AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, 1/250 sec at F10.0, ISO 500, distance 167.88 m

Zafarraya, Granada, Spain

2014:03:24 11:24:28
Blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/640 sec at F6.3, ISO 160, distance 44.67 m

There are blue rocky stirs on the edges of the rocks, and this picture shows why: from their vantage point they dive to insects.

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Chats, old world flycatchers

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