Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Mixed woodland. Black crown; beige mantle; rufous wings.
Tchagras
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Told from [Southern Tchagra] and [Brown-crowned Tchagra] by black crown. Immature has a blackish-brown crown and horn-coloured bill. Has a ‘krok-krok-krokrakror’ alarm note and a loud, ponderous and rather flat-sounding whistled series ‘cheer-tcharee, trichi cheer-tcharoo, cheeroo, cheeroo’. Pairs also duet with a variety of grating, churring and whistling calls. Occurs singly or in pairs in thornveld, woodland, coastal bush and plantations, where it frequents the lower stratum.
Quick Facts
Size
21-23 cm - M
Names
A: Swartkroontjagra
Z: umNguphane
G: Senegaltschagra
Bird Family
Heavy-billed, similarly coloured bushshrikes that feed on or near the ground, creeping about in the lower stratum of their preferred habitat and moving from bush to bush in low, rather heavy flight. They often reveal their presence by distinctive calls.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly or in pairs in thornveld, woodland, coastal bush and plantations, where it frequents the lower stratum.
