Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Muscicapoidea
               Family Muscicapidae Fleming, 1822 - chats and Old World flycatchers
                 Subfamily Saxicolinae - chats
                   Genus Cercomela Bonaparte, 1856
                     1 Cercomela sinuata (Sundevall, 1858)
                     2 Cercomela schlegelii (Wahlberg, 1855) - Karoo chat
                     3 Cercomela fusca (Blyth, 1851)
                     4 Cercomela tractrac (Wilkes, 1817)
                     5 Cercomela familiaris (Stephens, 1826)
                     6 Cercomela scotocerca (Heuglin, 1869)
                     7 Cercomela dubia (Blundell & Lovat, 1899)
                     8 Cercomela melanura (Temminck, 1824)
                     9 Cercomela sordida (Rüppell, 1837)