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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Parisoma (tit-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

The five species are distributed through Africa and into the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula, with two species occurring in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Parisoma layardi (Layard's tit-babbler) 

Parisoma subcaeruleum (Chestnut-vented tit-babbler, Tit-babbler)