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Tchagra

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The tchagras are passerine birds in the bushshrike family, which are closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and were once included in that group.

Species

Black-crowned Tchagra

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyMalaconotidae
Observations1,313
Observations recorded280,747

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
94
With media
7
Family
Malaconotidae
Collections
CMNH, FMNH, WFVZ, ROM
Recorded in
Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bushshrike
Image
Shrike 3.JPG
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Commons category
Tchagra
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Tchagra
topic's main category
Category:Tchagra
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Encyclopedic overview

3 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Extant Species
  • References

The tchagras are passerine birds in the bushshrike family, which are closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and were once included in that group.

==Description== These are long-tailed birds, typically with a grey or grey-brown back, brown wings and grey and whitish underparts. The head pattern is distinctive, with a dark cap and black eyestripe separated by a white supercilium. The bill is strong and hooked.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tchagra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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