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) [XC279811]
by Peter Boesman from Sani Pass road, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)
African Rock Pipit (Anthus crenatus) [XC648040]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Bokong, Thaba-Tseka, 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.