Monticola erythronotus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Amber Mountain rock thrush (Monticola erythronotus) is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the forest rock thrush (Monticola sharpei). The Amber Mountain rock thrush is endemic to Madagascar where it occurs only on the Amber Mountain massif in the north of the island.
This is a small forest-dwelling thrush, growing to a length of about 16 cm (6.3 in). Males have blue hoods, chestnut upperparts, bright orange tail with brown central feathers and orange underparts. Females are mostly brown with an orange wash on the underparts and lack the blue hood. Males are distinguished from other rock-thrushes by the dark rufous back, while the females have bright orange tails and lack white streaking on the breast.
It inhabits mid-altitude and montane humid, evergreen forest from 800 to 1,300 m (2,600 to 4,300 ft), and forages inconspicuously in the understorey and on the ground, sometimes sallying to take aerial prey. The species nests in tree hollows or in crevices under overhangs.
The Amber Mountain rock thrush is listed by the International Union for Conservation...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montagne d'Ambre National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report an Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush sighting in Montagne d'Ambre National Park on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 30 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Montagne d'Ambre National Park, in our data
Montagne d'Ambre National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush is recorded against all the birds logged in Montagne d'Ambre National Park (46 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
