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Revision as of 18:34, 13 November 2007

Chaetops aurantius
Photo by Aroberts
Photographed in Sani Pass, Drakensberg, South Africa. The bird pictured is a female.

Identification

23-25 cm. Long black tail, dark grey head, thin white supercilium and a broad white moustache. Dark grey back and wings, orange underparts, rufour red rump.

The female and juvenile have a paler grey head, upperparts and wings, a duller head pattern, an orange rump, and buff underparts.

The call is a loud wheeoo.


Distribution

Drakensburg Mountains of southeastern South Africa.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Rocky slopes and scree.

Behaviour

Diet includes insects.

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