Thrushes (Turdidae)
Short-toed Rock-thrush (Monticola brevipes) - HBW 10, p. 718
French: Monticole à doigts courts
German: Kurzzehenrötel
Spanish: Roquero de Namibia
Other common names: Transvaal Rock-thrush
Taxonomy: Petrocincla brevipes Waterhouse, 1838, ‘Tans Mountain, Damaraland, near Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Race pretoriae has been considered a separate species, but intergrades with nominate in Kuruman District of Northern Cape, in South Africa. Parapatric with M. angolensis. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- brevipes (Waterhouse, 1838) - W Angola, Namibia and NW South Africa (Northern Cape).
- pretoriae Gunning & Roberts, 1911 - SE Botswana, C South Africa (E from E Northern Cape) and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male walking and feeding on the ground Locality Daan Viljoen Game Park, Khomas Region, Namibia (ssp brevipes)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 8 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A male on a wall flies away Locality Daan Viljoen Game Park, Khomas Region, Namibia (ssp brevipes)
Josep del Hoyo 15 July 1998 8 years ago 9 sec 3.3
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A bird on the ground
Locality Daan Viljoen Game Park, Khomas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 7 September 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Perched on a tree.
Locality Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Robert Erasmus 17 August 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Perched on a rock
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Lindsay Hansch 22 September 2007 43 weeks ago 2.7 -
An adult sunning on a rooftop during a winter's afternoon.
Locality Etosha Safari Camp, Okaukuejo, Kunene Region, Namibia
James Slade 10 July 2009 2 years ago 2
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