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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Oenanthe (wheatears) 

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 18 species distributed through Eurasia and Africa, of which six species are found in southern Africa. 

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Oenanthe bifasciata (Buff-streaked chat) 

Oenanthe isabellina (Isabelline wheatear) 

Oenanthe monticola (Mountain wheatear, Mountain chat) 

Oenanthe oenanthe (Northern wheatear, European wheatear) 

Oenanthe pileata (Capped wheatear) 

Oenanthe pleschanka (Pied wheatear)