Drakensberg Rockjumper

Chaetops aurantius

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesShrublandCup nestSmall · 54 g

When to see the Drakensberg Rockjumper

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Drakensberg Rockjumper

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Drakensberg Rockjumper

The Drakensberg rockjumper or orange-breasted rockjumper is a medium-sized insectivorous passerine bird endemic to the alpine grasslands and rock outcrops of the Drakensberg Mountains of southeastern South Africa and Lesotho. This taxon is closely related to the allopatric Cape rockjumper Chaetops frenatus; the two species of Chaetops are the only living members of the Chaetopidae.

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