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Genus: Tchagra

[edit] Description

Five species from Africa and Arabia. They have rufous wings, black eyestripes, and dark tails with white tips to the outer rectrices. They forage near the ground and call distinctively during short display flights.⁴

[edit] Taxonomy

Tchagra is one of about seven genera of Bushshrikes in the family Malaconotidae.

The Marsh Tchagra (Tchagra minutus) is split from this genus by some authorities (as Bocagia minuta^1,2 or Antichromus minuta and A. anchietae³).

[edit] References

1. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
2. Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
3. Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533
4. Sinclair I, Hockey P & Tarboton W. 1997. SASOL Birds of Southern Africa. 2nd Edition. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1868721035