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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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When to see the Southern Tchagra
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Southern Tchagra
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
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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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.
Side by side: Black-crowned Tchagra vs Southern Tchagra
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