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- Monticola brevipes
Includes Pretoria (Transvaal) Rock-Thrush
Identification
Wing coverts are grey, the head is pale grey to white in most subspecies (less so in pretoriae), and the separation of grey throat from orange breast is neat and contrasty.
Similar species
Cape Rock Thrush is the main contender.
Distribution
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
Taxonomy
Monticola brevipes has two subspecies:[1]
- M. b. brevipes
- Angola to Namibia, Botswana and western Northern Cape Province (South Africa)
- M. b. pretoriae
- Mountains of south-eastern Botswana to north-central and central South Africa.
- Separated as Pretoria Rock-Thrush by some authorities;[2] this is supported by molecular, morphological and distributional evudence.[3]
Habitat
Dry shrubland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, M Wright and D Donsker. 2009. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.0). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Outlaw, RK, G Voelker, DC Outlaw. 2007. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the rock-thrushes (Muscicapidae: Monticola). The Auk 124: 561-577. Available at findarticles.com
- Birdforum thread discussing id of Short-toed Rock Thrush and especially subspecies pretoriae
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Short-toed Rock Thrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 February 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Short-toed_Rock_Thrush
