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Blue Rock Thrush 
(Monticola solitarius)
Hoét đá

The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat of the flycatcher family. The species was formerly included in the thrush family Turdidae.

Monticola is the Latin word for mountain-dweller or mountaineer: from mons, montis "mountain", and colere, "to dwell".
solitarius means "solitary".

Chestnut-bellied rock thrush 
(Monticola rufiventris)

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

The bird is found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tibet, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Monticola is the Latin word for mountain-dweller or mountaineer.
This genus was formerly included in the thrush family Turdidae.
rufiventris:
 Latin rufus "red",
 Latin ventris belly.

White-throated Rock Thrush 
(Monticola gularis, Hoét đá họng trắng)

The white-throated rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae of the order Passeriformes.

Monticola is the Latin word for mountain-dweller or mountaineer.
gularis gula (“throat”).