How do you identify a Three-streaked Tchagra?

It is a small tchagra, measuring 16–17 cm from bill tip to tail tip. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Three-streaked Tchagra?

The Three-streaked Tchagra is a small sized bird weighing about 27 g.

Where can you see a Three-streaked Tchagra?

The Three-streaked Tchagra occurs in 5 countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia and South Sudan.

What birds look similar to a Three-streaked Tchagra?

The Three-streaked Tchagra is most easily confused with the Southern Tchagra, the Brown-crowned Tchagra and the Black-crowned Tchagra.

Is the Three-streaked Tchagra endangered?

The Three-streaked Tchagra is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Three-streaked Tchagra

Tchagra jamesi

Bushshrikes and Allies · Passeriformes · Rare

The Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi) is a rare bushshrik found in 5 countries, weighing about 27 g. The three-streaked tchagra is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is an uncommon resident of semi-desert regions in the eastern Afrotropics.

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Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi), photo 1 — Photo: Claude Kolwelter · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Three-streaked Tchagra

The three-streaked tchagra is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is an uncommon resident of semi-desert regions in the eastern Afrotropics. The binomial of this bird commemorates the explorer Frank Linsly James, who also had the Frank James Memorial Hospital built in his honour.

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How to identify it

It is a small tchagra, measuring 16–17 cm from bill tip to tail tip. They are distinct from other tchagra species in having a narrow, black median stripe over the crown, without any superciliary stripe. In addition the tertials and rectrices are mouse-brown in colour.

Where it lives

Kenya Ethiopia Uganda Somalia South Sudan

When to see it

The Three-streaked Tchagra can be seen all year round, with peak activity in November. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Three-streaked Tchagra?: It is a small tchagra, measuring 16–17 cm from bill tip to tail tip. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Three-streaked Tchagra?: The Three-streaked Tchagra is a small sized bird weighing about 27 g.
Where can you see a Three-streaked Tchagra?: The Three-streaked Tchagra occurs in 5 countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia and South Sudan.
What birds look similar to a Three-streaked Tchagra?: The Three-streaked Tchagra is most easily confused with the Southern Tchagra, the Brown-crowned Tchagra and the Black-crowned Tchagra.
Is the Three-streaked Tchagra endangered?: The Three-streaked Tchagra is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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