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Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)

Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) - HBW 9, p. 772

French: Sentinelle du Cap German: Kappieper Spanish: Bisbita de El Cabo
Other common names: Orange-throated Longclaw

Taxonomy: Alauda capensis Linnaeus, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Genus probably closely related to Tmetothylacus and Hemimacronyx. Races stabilior and colletti merged by some authors. Proposed race latimerae (Eastern Cape) included within colletti. Three subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

stabilior Clancey, 1952 - Zimbabwe (C plateau E to Inyanga Mts) and adjacent Mozambique.
colletti Schou, 1908 - extreme SE Botswana, E South Africa (Northern and C North-west Provinces S to N Eastern Cape), Swaziland and Lesotho.
capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - coastal belt of SW & S South Africa.

Least Concern

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An adult male perched on a bush. Locality Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp colletti)
Carmelo López 18 November 2010 51 weeks ago 4
Adult bird at close range Locality Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp capensis)
Loutjie Steenberg 21 July 2010 49 weeks ago 3.9
A bird in the grass Locality KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 15 April 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8
A bird walking on the ground. Locality Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
José Augusto 2 February 2010 1 year ago 3.8
An adult male standing between vegetation. Locality Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp colletti)
Carmelo López 17 November 2010 51 weeks ago 3.5
Foraging in long grass Locality Lydenburg, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 9 October 2008 42 weeks ago 3

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Calling from short grass near Kaapsehoop. 6:55am. Locality Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp colletti)
Charles Hesse 1 January 2010 1 year ago 3

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