Species profile
Rockrunner
Achaetops pycnopygius
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are sw.
- Scientific name
- Achaetops pycnopygius
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Achaetops
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Rockrunner in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Macrosphenidae
- Cape Grassbird (Sphenoeacus afer)
- Eastern Crombec (Sylvietta leucopsis)
- Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
- Grey Longbill (Macrosphenus concolor)
- Kemp's Longbill (Macrosphenus kempi)
- Kretschmer's Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
- Lemon-bellied Crombec (Sylvietta denti)
- Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)