Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) [XC428712]
by Murray Christian from Farmer Field, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (flight call, display)
Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) [XC280417]
by Peter Boesman from Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa (call)
Subspecies
Genus probably closely related to Tmetothylacus and Hemimacronyx. Subspecies stabilior and colletti merged by some authors.
Proposed subspecies latimerae (Eastern Cape) included within colletti.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
stabilior (Linnaeus, 1766) - Zimbabwe (central plateau east to Inyanga Mts) and adjacent Mozambique.
colletti Schou, 1908 - Extreme south-eastern Botswana, eastern South Africa (Northern and central North-west Provinces south to northern eastern Cape), Swaziland and Lesotho.
capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Coastal belt of south-western and southern South Africa.