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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Turdoides (babblers)

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

There are 29 species, distributed through Africa and Asia, with five species occurring in southern Africa.  

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Turdoides bicolor (Southern pied babbler) 

Turdoides gymnogenys (Bare-cheeked babbler) 

Turdoides hartlaubii (Hartlaub's babbler) 

Turdoides jardineii (Arrow-marked babbler) 

Turdoides melanops (Black-faced babbler)