Saxicola torquatus   African Stonechat  Gewone Bontrokkie
African Stonechat
Lindani, Jun 2018

A breeding resident. Fairly common in the higher-lying, higher rainfall south-eastern side of the Waterberg; scarce and localised in the drier north (recorded in 50% of the Waterberg pentads); a grassland/vlei-edge species, it occurs mostly in past and present agricultural areas; found singly or in pairs while breeding. Breeds in early summer.
African Stonechat Waterberg distribution
African Stonechat
Lindani, Jun 2018

Female left, male right

African Stonechat nest
Modimolle, Sep 2014

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