The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush lives in mountain forests of Asia, including the Himalayas. Adult males are blue and chestnut, while females have a different gray-brown pattern.
Adult males have blue on the head and back and chestnut underparts. Females are gray-brown with fine dark markings on the back and underparts.
It usually lives alone or in pairs and searches for insects on branches and the ground. It also catches insects in the air and eats some berries.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.