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) [XC340175]
by Dawie de Swardt from Top of Lootsberg, Graaff-reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song, two male calling from song posts closeby)
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) [XC645896]
by Dawie de Swardt from Tierhoek, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call, song, give whistle like note (like longbilled lark call) of s1 of song phrase,)
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.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet