Category:Achaetops - BirdForum Opus

Damara Rockjumper
Photo by safariranger

Genus: Achaetops

Description

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

Taxonomy

Achaetops is a genus in the Family Macrosphenidae.
It was formerly placed within Chaetops and placed in the family Timaliidae.

References

1. 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
2. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Achaetops. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Achaetops