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Monticola brevipes (Short-toed
rock-thrush)
Korttoonkliplyster [Afrikaans]; Kortteen-rotslijster [Dutch];
Monticole à doigts courts [French]; Kurzzehenrötel [German];
Melro-das-rochas-de-dedos-curtos [Portuguese]
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Order: Passeriformes > Family: Muscicapidae
> Genus: Monticola
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Short-toed rock-thrush female, Tswalu Kalahari
Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
Short-toed rock-thrush male, Tswalu Kalahari
Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
Distribution and habitat
Near-endemic to southern Africa, occurring from
south-western Angola through Namibia to South Africa and southern Botswana. It
is most common on rocky outcrops, inselbergs, escarpments and river valleys with
scattered bushes and trees. It also occupies edges of towns and villages,
especially during winter.
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Distribution of Short-toed rock-thrush in southern Africa,
based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas
Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common).
See here for the latest distribution
from the SABAP2. |
Food
It eats arthropods supplemented with fruit and seeds, doing
most of its foraging on the ground or on flat rooftops. The following food items
have been recorded in its diet:
Breeding
Threats
Not threatened.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts - Birds of
southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book
Fund, Cape Town.
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Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G., Underhill, L.G., Herremans, M.,
Tree. A.J., Parker, V. & Brown, C.J. (eds). 1997. The atlas of southern
African birds. Vol. 2: Passerines. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
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