Cape Grassbird
Sphenoeacus afer
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Genus
- Sphenoeacus
- eBird Code
- capgra1
Vocalizations
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Subspecies (4)
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Sphenoeacus afer afer
southwestern South Africa (Western Cape and southwestern Eastern Cape, eastward to about the Gamtoos River)
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Sphenoeacus afer excisus
eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent southwestern Mozambique
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Sphenoeacus afer intermedius
eastern South Africa (far southern KwaZulu-Natal and eastern and southern Eastern Cape), and probably southern Lesotho
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Sphenoeacus afer natalensis
northeastern South Africa (North West to northern and eastern Free State and KwaZulu-Natal), western Eswatini, and northern Lesotho
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.