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title: "Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush"
description: "Monticola rufiventris — Vogels. The chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/chestnut-bellied-rock-thrush
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush

> Monticola rufiventris — Vogels. The chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Monticola rufiventris*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 756
- Wikidata: [Q1080355](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1080355)
- iNaturalist taxon: [13142](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/13142)

## Names

- en: Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
- de: Rötelmerle
- es: Roquero Ventrirrufo
- fr: Monticole à ventre marron
- pl: Nagórnik kasztanowobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

IN (282), CN (197), TH (47), NP (42), BT (39), MM (13), HK (4)

## Summary

The chestnut-bellied rock thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut-bellied_rock_thrush

## Photo

![Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chestnut-bellied-rock-thrush/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288073426

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chestnut-bellied-rock-thrush?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).