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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sylvia (sylvia 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 25 species are distributed through Eurasia and Africa, with three migrant species coming into southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Sylvia atricapilla (Blackcap, Eurasian blackcap)

Sylvia borin (Garden warbler) 

Sylvia communis (Common whitethroat)