Listen to the Black-crowned tchagra
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About the Black-crowned tchagra
The Black-crowned tchagra is a bird in the family Malaconotidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Black-crowned tchagra sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-crowned tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) is a bushshrike. This family of passerine birds is closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and was once included in that group.
This species is found in the Arabian Peninsula and most of Africa in scrub, open woodland, semi-desert and cultivation.
More from the family Malaconotidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-crowned tchagra sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Black-crowned tchagra on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Black-crowned tchagra endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-crowned tchagra as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-crowned tchagra belong to?
The Black-crowned tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) belongs to the family Malaconotidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) (022A-WA03044X0029-0006M0) – CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27075303 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-crowned tchagra – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE – CC BY-SA 2.0