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) [XC671497]
by Dawie de Swardt from Praalhoek, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (song)
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) [XC501487]
by Dawie de Swardt from Mohale Dam area, Lesotho (song)
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.