Thrushes (Turdidae)
Sentinel Rock-thrush (Monticola explorator) - HBW 10, p. 718
French: Monticole espion
German: Langzehenrötel
Spanish: Roquero Centinela
Taxonomy: Turdus explorator Vieillot, 1818, mountains of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Darker birds from Lesotho E to S Mozambique described as race tenebriformis, but characters appear inconstant and variation clinal. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & S South Africa, Lesotho and S Mozambique.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird sitting on a fence post Locality Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 2 January 2007 6 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A male on a rock Locality Sani Pass, Lesotho (Monotypic species)
Chris and Megan Perkins 30 November 2006 5 years ago 33 sec 3.7
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