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Genus: Monticola (rock-thrushes)

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 a total of 13 species of rock-thrushes, distributed through Eurasia, Africa and Madgascar, of which four are found in southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Monticola angolensis (Miombo rock-thrush) 

 

Monticola brevipes (Short-toed rock-thrush) 

Monticola explorator (Sentinel rock-thrush) 

Monticola rupestris (Cape rock-thrush)