Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Tchagra Higher classification Tchagra | Phylum Chordata Family Malaconotidae Scientific name Tchagra minutus Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Tchagra, Bushshrike, Lowland sooty boubou, Northern puffback | ||
The marsh tchagra (Tchagra minutus) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is native to marshes in the tropics and subtropics of Africa. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Antichromus or Bocagia. The southern three subspecies intergrade at their contact zones, and are sometimes separated as Anchieta's tchagra (Tchagra anchietae).
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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: