Drakensberg Rockjumper
Chaetops aurantiusLayard, EL, 1867
English (US) Drakensberg Rockjumper
The Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Chaetopidae (Rockjumpers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: rocky montane slopes of Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, and eastern Cape ProvinceRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetops aurantius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Drakensberg Rockjumper
- Described by
- Layard, EL, 1867
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Layard, EL, 1867
- Type locality
- near Graaff Reinet, Cape Province.
- Original description
- The birds of South Africa. New edition ed.1 p.126
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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