South Africa from southern and eastern Northern Cape eastern in mountains to Mpumalanga, western Swaziland and Lesotho (Drakensberg); also, isolated population in north-central Northern Cape (lower R Orange).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) [XC354571]
by Dawie de Swardt from Twistkraal, Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) [XC415498]
by Dawie de Swardt from Bankfontein farm along 4x4 route, Luckhof , Free State, South Africa (call, give 2 call variations)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Was previously sometimes thought to form a superspecies with Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris), but the two species differ widely in plumage characters and ecology.