Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) [XC370658]
by Tim Cockcroft from Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) [XC843282]
by Dawie de Swardt from The Willows, Bloemfontein, Municipality, Free State, 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.