Marsh tchagra
| Marsh tchagra | |
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| Adult male T. m. subsp. anchietae in the southern DRC | |
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| Adult female T. m. subsp. remotus at Caia in central Mozambique | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Malaconotidae |
| Genus: | Tchagra |
| Species: | T. minutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tchagra minutus (Hartlaub, 1858) | |
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The marsh tchagra (Tchagra minutus) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family, which is native to marshes in the tropics and subtropics of Africa. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Antichromus or Bocagia.[2] The southern three subspecies intergrade at their contact zones,[2] and are sometimes separated as Anchieta's tchagra (Tchagra anchietae).
Range
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps.
Subspecies
There are four recognized subspecies:[2]
- T. m. subsp. minutus (Hartlaub, 1858) – West Africa and African tropics: Sierra Leone eastward to western Kenya, northwestern Tanzania and the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika
- T. m. subsp. anchietae (Bocage, 1869) – Angola to southern DRC, northern Zambia, southeastern Tanzania and nearby Malawi
- T. m. subsp. reichenowi (Neumann, 1900) – eastern and southern Tanzania
- T. m. subsp. remotus Clancey, 1959 – Southern subtropics: southern Malawi to northern Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tchagra minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 Fry, H. (2016). "Marsh Tchagra (Tchagra minutus)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
External links
- Marsh Tchagra – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.