Also found in the mountain of a small town Middelburg in the eastern Cape where they are protected because they are endangered species.

[citation needed] Originally, these birds were placed in the thrushes, and they have also been placed with the Old World warblers and the babblers, but recent DNA studies indicate these birds are actually members of a basal group of oscines within the infraorder Passeri along with their sister-family the rockfowl (Picatharthidae),[2] Their Latin names derive from descriptions of their appearance.

They spend most of their lives running and jumping among rocks and grass while hunting insects.

[3][4] Insects are the major part of the diet, although small vertebrates are reported to be taken by Cape rockjumpers.

In addition to insects other prey include lizards and geckos, amphibians, scorpions, annelid worms and spiders.