{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Little rock thrush | image = Monticola rufocinereus.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | genus = Monticola | species = rufocinereus | authority = (Rüppell, 1837) | synonyms = |status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Monticola rufocinereus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22708265A94154605 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708265A94154605.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> }}

The '''little rock thrush''' ('''''Monticola rufocinereus''''') is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021" /> It is found in rocky (inland cliffs and mountain peaks) areas with some trees, and sometimes near settlements.<ref name="ALN2019">{{cite book |last1=Aerts |first1=R. |last2=Lerouge |first2=F. |last3=November |first3=E. |title=Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District |date=2019 |publisher=SpringerNature |isbn=978-3-030-04954-6 |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030049546}}</ref><ref name=Stevenson342/><ref name=Sinclair434/> At {{convert|15|to|16|cm|in}} this is the smallest of the Muscicapidae. The male has the head, throat and upper mantle blue-grey, the underparts orange-red, except for the center blackish center tail and tips which form an inverted T shape. The female is duller and paler.<ref name=Stevenson342>{{Harvnb|Stevenson|Fanshawe|2002|p=342}}</ref> It is readily mistaken for a redstart because of its habit of trembling its tail.<ref name=Sinclair434>{{Harvnb|Sinclair|Ryan|2003|p=434}}</ref> [[File:Little rock thrush5.jpg|thumb|Little rock thrush in the gorge at Debre Berhan, Ethiopia]]

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==Works cited== *{{cite book|last1=Sinclair|first1=Ian|last2=Ryan|first2=Peter|year=2003|title=Birds of Africa south of the Sahara|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town}} * {{cite book|last1=Stevenson|first1=Terry|last2=Fanshawe|first2=John|year=2002|title=A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa}}

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