{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Forest rock thrush | image = Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei), Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.jpg | image_caption= at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Monticola sharpei'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22708202A94153474 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708202A94153474.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Monticola | species = sharpei | authority = (GR Gray, 1871) | synonyms = ''Pseudocossyphus sharpei'' <small>(Gray, 1871)</small> }}
The '''forest rock thrush''' ('''''Monticola sharpei''''') is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It now includes Benson's rock thrush and Amber Mountain rock thrush as subspecies.
It is endemic to Madagascar. The type locality is the forests east of Ambatondrazaka, which in turn lies south of Lake Alaotra.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
==Gallery== <gallery mode = packed heights = 160px> Amber mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) male 2.jpg|male Amber mountain rock thrush<br />''M. s. erythronotus'' Amber mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) female.jpg|female Amber mountain rock thrush<br /> ''M. s. erythronotus'' Benson's rock thrush (Monticola sharpei bensoni).jpg|male Benson's rock thrush<br />''M. s. bensoni'' </gallery>
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