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 NR    Transvaal Rock-Thrush* Id (Atlas):
    Monticola pretoriae

Description (1)
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
16 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gunning & Roberts, 1911

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry shrubland, dry forest, urban areas. From 200 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)
Botswana, South Africa.

South-eastern Botswana, central South Africa (eastern from eastern Northern Cape) and Swaziland.
 
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A thin 'tseeep'. Song consists of whistled phrases and is like that of other rock-thrushes. Mimics other birds calls.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Not recognised by BirdLife International. Short-toed Rock-Thrush (Monticola brevipes) and Transvaal Rock-Thrush (Monticola pretoriae) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Monticola brevipes following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Short-toed Rock-Thrush (Monticola brevipes).


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Transvaal Rock-Thrush (Monticola pretoriae) - 1 files


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