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Genus: Cossypha (robin-chats)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Muscicapidae

There are 13 species, distributed through Sub-Saharan Africa, of which five occur in southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Cossypha caffra (Cape robin-chat, Cape robin) 

Cossypha dichroa (Chorister robin-chat, Chorister robin)

Cossypha heuglini (White-browed robin-chat, Heuglins robin) 

Cossypha humeralis (White-throated robin-chat, Whitethroated robin) 

Cossypha natalensis (Red-capped robin-chat, Natal robin)