Blue-capped Rock Thrush

Description:

The male is bright blue and black on the upperparts with a prominent white wing mirror. The underside is rufous brown. The female is dark olive and appears barred on the underside. Like thrushes´, they fly up into trees and tend to freeze when disturbed.

Habitat:

Seen at Kanha National Park.

Notes:

The Blue-capped Rock Thrush is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher breeds in the foothills of the Himalayas and winters in the hill forests of southern India. It is a summer visitor in parts of Afghanistan and along the Himalayas from Pakistan to Arunachal Pradesh. In summer it is found in pine forests and hill slopes. In winter it is found in dense canopied forests.