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[[Image:Orange-breasted_Rock-jumper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Aroberts <br/> Photographed in Sani Pass, Drakensberg, South Africa. The bird pictured is a female.]] | [[Image:Orange-breasted_Rock-jumper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Aroberts <br/> Photographed in Sani Pass, Drakensberg, South Africa. The bird pictured is a female.]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==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. | 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. |
Revision as of 09:07, 16 November 2007
- Chaetops aurantius
Drakensburg Rockjumper
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 and Lesotho.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Rocky slopes and scree.
Behaviour
Diet includes insects.