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Brufut Community Woodland, Western Division, The Gambia

Tchagra senegala

Tchagra senegalus

[edit] Identification

19-22 cm
Adult

• Black crown and eye stripe
• Broad white supercilium
• Pale grey underparts
• Light brown upperparts
• Chestnut wings
• Black tail, tipped white
• Black bill
  

Sexes are similar
Young birds have a brown cap and a pale yellow bill.

[edit] Distribution

Arabian peninsula and most of Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 10 subspecies which vary in size and the colour of the back, underparts and eyestripe.

[edit] Habitat

Scrub, open woodland, semi-desert and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest in a tree or bush, and 2-3 heavily marked white eggs are laid. Both sexes, but mainly the female, incubate for 12-15 days; the chicks fledge after another 15 days.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song: descending whistling, Chee-chee chee cheroo cheroo.

[edit] References

1. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links