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Category:Achaetops

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Damara Rockjumper
Photo by safariranger

Genus: Achaetops

[edit] Description

This genus would only contain one species, the Damara Rockjumper or Rockrunner.

[edit] Taxonomy

Achaetops is a genus in the Family Timaliidae.
It's usually placed within Chaetops.
The affinities of this genus are still a mystery. It may belong to the Sylviidae rather than the babblers.

[edit] References

Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2007. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553422