Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius) [XC341256]
by Dawie de Swardt from Barkly East, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius) [XC518914]
by id from Sani Pass road switchbacks, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (near Mkhomazi Wilderness area), East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus) and Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include aurantius as a subspecies of Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus).
Commonly treated as conspecific with Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus), but differs significantly in size, colour of underparts and extent of male's black upper breast; the two species approach each other geographically to within 100 - 150 km. Birds in Lesotho reportedly paler below than those in rest of range, but no subspecies described.