Cape Rockjumper
Chaetops frenatus(Temminck, CJ, 1826)
English (US) Cape Rockjumper
The Cape Rockjumper (Chaetops frenatus) 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: South Africa (Western and Eastern Cape Province)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chaetops frenatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cape Rockjumper
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Malurus frenatus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1826)
- Type locality
- South Africa [= River Zonde Einde Mountains, Cape Province, vide Vincent, 1952, Check List Birds South Africa, p. 64] .
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.65, vol.3 pl.385
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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