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| species = '''''M. sharpei'''''
| species = '''''M. sharpei'''''
| binomial = ''Monticola sharpei''
| binomial = ''Monticola sharpei''
| binomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|J.E.Gray]], 1871
| binomial_authority = [[George Robert Gray|Gray, GR]], 1871
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
''Pseudocossyphus sharpei'' <small>(Gray, 1871)</small>
''Pseudocossyphus sharpei'' <small>(Gray, 1871)</small>

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Forest rock thrush
at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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M. sharpei
Binomial name
Monticola sharpei
Gray, GR, 1871
Synonyms

Pseudocossyphus sharpei (Gray, 1871)

The forest rock thrush (Monticola sharpei) is a songbird in the family Muscicapidae, formerly placed in the Turdidae together with the other chats. It now includes Benson's rock thrush and Amber Mountain rock thrush as subspecies.

It is endemic to Madagascar. The type locality is the forests east of Ambatondrazaka, which in turn lies south of Lake Alaotra.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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