About the Southern Tchagra
The southern tchagra is a passerine bird found in dense scrub and coastal bush in southern and south-eastern South Africa and Eswatini.
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The southern tchagra is 17–21 cm in length. It has a brown crown and black eye stripes separated by a broad white supercilium. The underparts are pale grey and the upperparts pale brown. The folded wings are chestnut and the tail is black, tipped white. The longish bill is black. The sexes are similar, but young birds are duller and have a buff stripe through the eye. This species is similar to the black-crowned tchagra, but that species is larger, and the adult, as its name implies, has a black rather than brown crown.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in December · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesiIt is a small tchagra, measuring 16–17 cm from bill tip to tail tip.
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australisThe brown-crowned tchagra is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalusThe black-crowned tchagra is a colourful and unmistakable species, 19–22 cm in length.
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