Family
Rockjumpers
Chaetopidae
2 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The rockjumpers are medium-sized insectivorous or omnivorous birds in the genus Chaetops, which constitutes the entire family Chaetopidae. The two species, the Cape rockjumper, Chaetops frenatus, and the Drakensberg rockjumper, Chaetops aurantius, are endemic residents of southern Africa. The Cape rockjumper is a resident of the West Cape and south-west East Cape, and the orange-breasted (or Drakensberg) rockjumper is distributed in the Lesotho Highlands and areas surrounding them in South Africa.
Species in this family
- Drakensberg Rockjumper Chaetops aurantius
- Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus