Cape Rock-Thrush (Monticola rupestris)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
19 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry grassland, rural gardens.

Range (Guide)

Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland.

Vagrant to Botswana.

South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, marginally into south-eastern Botswana and south-western Mozambique.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a far-carrying 'tsee-tseu-tseet chweeeoo' whistle. Alarm call is a harsh grating.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris) [XC523690]
by Frank Lambert from The Trail House (near Betty's Bay), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa (begging call, call)

Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris) [XC523697]
by Frank Lambert from The Trail House (near Betty's Bay), Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa (begging call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Cape Rock-Thrush (Monticola rupestris) - 10 files

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