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 NT    Rufous Rock-jumper* Id (Atlas):
    Chaetops frenatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Cape Rockjumper, Rufous Rock-jumper, Cape Rock-jumper

Family
Chaetopidae (Rockjumpers)

Size
23 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1826)

Habitat
Mediterranean-type shrubland.

Range (Guide)
South Africa (B).

Western Cape and south-western Eastern Cape, in southern South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 30,000 - 300,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus) [XC392373]
     by Frank Lambert from Rooi Els, Western Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus) [XC512640]
     by Frank Lambert from Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Rufous Rock-jumper (Chaetops frenatus) and Orange-breasted Rock-jumper (Chaetops aurantius) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include aurantius as a subspecies of Rufous Rock-jumper (Chaetops frenatus).

Commonly treated as conspecific with Orange-breasted Rock-jumper (Chaetops aurantius), but differs significantly in size, colour of underparts and extent of male's black upper breast; the two species approach each other geographically to within 100 - 150 km.


References
See References.


Files:
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