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Rock-jumper

Rock-jumpers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Division:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Turdidae
Genera
Chaetops

The Rock-jumpers are medium-sized insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Chaetops of the thrush family Turdidae.

The two species, Rufous Rock-jumper, Chaetops frenatus, and Orange-breasted Rock-jumper Chaetops aurantius, are endemic residents of southern Africa.