Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) [XC599132]
by Meena Haribal from Emthanjeni Local Municipality, Bo-Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa (call)
Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) [XC346912]
by Dawie de Swardt from Namibgrens guest farm, Namibia (call)
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies griseiceps (from eastern Northern Cape, in South Africa) synonymized with nominate.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
nigricauda (Traylor, 1961) - Southern Cuanza Sul and Huambo, in western Angola.
albipileata (Barboza du Bocage, 1867) - Coastal south-western Angola southern from Benguela.
atmorii (Tristram, 1869) - Western Namibia.
monticola (Vieillot, 1818) - Southern Namibia, South Africa (east to central northern Province and western KwaZulu-Natal), western Swaziland and Lesotho.