White-throated Rock-Thrush (Monticola gularis)
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: TURDIDAE Thrushes
Scientific name: Monticola gularis
English name: White-throated Rock-Thrush
Characteristic: Size 19 cm. Smaller in size than the Blue Rock-thrush, and having a conspicuous white throat patch. A male has its crown and nape indigo blue; upperpart scaly black and brown; wings dark brown, each with a small white patch; rump, upper tail coverts and underpart reddish brown . A female has brown upperpart and pale underpart; scaly black marking is clearly present throughout its body; also its dark ear patches are joined together by a flesh-coloured band.
Distribution: Northeast Asia , Southeast China and Southeast Asia
Habitat: Found in both evergreen and mixed deciduous forests, from the plain to the high 1,200 m. altitude. In Sakaerat, it inhabits the dry evergreen forest and forest plantations.
Habit: Seen perching on trees, usually on branches not too high above the ground; feeding mainly on insects. It is occasionally seen hopping on the ground. There is still no breeding reports from Thailand.
Status: An uncommon winter visitor to the Sakaerat forest. It is protected by law as a protected wild animal.
