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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 03:55:22 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Cape Rock-Thrush*
Id (Atlas):
Monticola rupestris
Description (10 )
Cape Rock-Thrush
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)
Size
19 - 21 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Vieillot, 1818)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry grassland, rural gardens.
Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland.
Vagrant to Botswana.
South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, marginally into south-eastern Botswana and south-western Mozambique.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Song is a far-carrying 'tsee-tseu-tseet chweeeoo' whistle. Alarm call is a harsh grating.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)... )
Listen to XC606982
Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris ) [XC606982 ]
by Tim Cockcroft from Makana Local Municipality (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Listen to XC316579
Cape Rock Thrush (Monticola rupestris ) [XC316579 ]
by Lynette Rudman from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Cape Rock-Thrush see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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