Thrushes (Turdidae)
Cape Rock-thrush (Monticola rupestris) - HBW 10, p. 718
French: Monticole rocar
German: Klippenrötel
Spanish: Roquero de El Cabo
Taxonomy: Turdus rupestris Vieillot, 1818, Table Mountain, near Cape Town, South Africa.
Monotypic.
Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, marginally into SE Botswana and SW Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in a bush Locality Shongweni Dam, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2004 7 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
A pair, the female above, in a bush Locality Shongweni Dam, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 9 March 2004 7 years ago 22 sec 4.2
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On a branch
Locality Sani Pass, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Guy Poisson 12 November 2012 26 weeks ago 4 -
A male on the top of bush
Locality Bokong Nature Reserve, Lesotho
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 13 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A female perching on the bush
Locality Bokong Nature Reserve, Lesotho
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 13 April 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Bird perched on man-made structure
Locality Western Cape Province, South Africa
Pete George 25 August 2009 2 years ago 3.2 -
Male sitting on a telephone pole.
Locality Rooi–Els, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Sam Woods 27 September 2009 3 years ago 2.5 -
Female Bird doing very little
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Pete George 27 September 2009 2 years ago 2.4
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