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Submitted: May 5, 2011
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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
Model:NIKON D7000
Shutter Speed:1/2500 second
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Focal Length:500 mm
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Date Taken:Apr 13, 2011, 8:48:12 AM
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Rufous tailed rock thrushby *AMROU-A

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Birds

A dedication for my very close kind friend Dieffi

hope you like it

beautiful colors that let me run after this bird a long time to get this shot ..
Found in Al haier vally - S.A - Riyadh Al Kharj.

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Rock Thrush

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Monticola
Species: M. saxatilis
Binomial name
Monticola saxatilis
(Linnaeus, 1766, Switzerland)

The Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush or just Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.

It breeds in southern Europe across central Asia to northern China. This species is strongly migratory, all populations wintering in Africa south of the Sahara. It is an uncommon visitor to northern Europe. Its range has contracted somewhat at the periphery in recent decades due to habitat destruction. For example, in the early 20th century it bred in the Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska (Poland) where none occur today, but it is not considered globally endangered

This is a medium-sized but stocky thrush 17–20 cm in length. The summer male is unmistakable, with a blue-grey head, orange underparts and outer tail feathers, dark brown wings and white back. Females and immatures are much less striking, with dark brown scaly upperparts, and paler brown scaly underparts. The outer tail feathers are reddish, like the male.

This species breeds in open dry hilly areas, usually above 1500 m. It nests in rock cavities, laying 4-5 eggs. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, berries and small reptiles. The male Rock Thrush has a clear and tuneful song.

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*Dieffi May 14, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Dear Amrou!
I have featured your beautyful gift in my newest feature![link]
Have a wonderful day dear friend!

*AMROU-A May 15, 2011 Professional Photographer

Oh my kind friend Dieffi!

Thank you ever soo much!!! It is a honor for me !!!

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Have a wonderful day too!

I wish you the best my dear friend

*Dieffi May 7, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

My dear Friend!
What a really wonderful surprise and a very well done and awesome shot from a beautyful little bird!
4-5 eggs! Wow! I am a little envious of this kind little hereo!
Thank you so much my friend for this lovely dedication, it makes me happy and a little proud!