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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Motacilla (wagtails) 

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: Motacillidae

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Motacilla aguimp (African pied wagtail) 

Motacilla capensis (Cape wagtail) 

Motacilla cinerea (Grey wagtail) 

Motacilla citreola (Citrine wagtail) 

Motacilla clara (Mountain wagtail, Long-tailed wagtail) 

Motacilla flava (Yellow wagtail)