Marsh Tchagra

Bocagia minuta - Tchagra des marais

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Malaconotidés
Genus
:
Bocagia
Species
:
minuta

Descriptor

Hartlaub, 1858

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 25 à 38 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Marsh Tchagra (Bocagia minuta) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Bocagia minuta minuta (Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, w Kenya and nw Tanzania)
Bocagia minuta reichenowi (e Tanzania, s Malawi, e Zimbabwe and Mozambique)
Bocagia minuta anchietae (Angola to sw Tanzania and n Malawi)

Foreign names

Tchagra des marais,
Chagra marismeña,
picanço-assobiador-dos-pântanos,
Sumpftschagra,
Kleine Tsjagra,
Chagra di palude,
sumptchagra,
Sumpsjagra,
čagra močiarna,
čagra černohlavý,
Lille Kratskade,
pikkupensaslepinkäinen,
Vleitjagra,
txagra d'aiguamoll,
czagra płowa,
Болотная чагра,
ズグロヤブモズ,
小红翅鵙,
小紅翅伯勞,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest