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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Bradypterus (bradypterus warblers) 

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: Sylviidae

The 18 species are distributed through Africa and Asia, with four of them occurring in southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Bradypterus baboecala (Little rush-warbler, African sedge-warbler) 

Bradypterus barratti (Barratt's warbler) 

Bradypterus sylvaticus (Knysna warbler)