An African shrike (bird) that feeds mainly on the ground, typically having a brown back and black eyestripe.
非洲鵙
Genus Tchagra, family Laniidae: several species
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Bird sightings were starlings, oxpeckers, hoopoes, blue wax bills, and the black crown tchagras.
It can be a challenge to distinguish between the various tchagras unless good views are obtained.
You will see tchagras, red-winged starlings, Little Bee-eaters, Ashy Flycatchers in the bushes, Green wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills in the baobab tree.
The ‘T-tcherr, t-tcherr’ of a tchagra could be Brown-crowned Tchagra T australis, or more likely Three-streaked Tchagra T jamesi for which we have no tape material at present.
Tchagra australis, Brown-crowned tchagra, is seen in low shrubbery in a thick forest patch at the bottom of a rocky hill.