Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra australis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Malaconotidae
Genus
Tchagra
eBird Code
brctch1

Subspecies (9)

  • Tchagra australis ansorgei

    western Angola (Luanda to Moçamedes)

  • Tchagra australis australis

    southeastern Zimbabwe, northeastern South Africa (southward to northern KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Eswatini, and southern Mozambique

  • Tchagra australis bocagei

    Angola (central Cuando-Cubango)

  • Tchagra australis damarensis

    Namibia to far southwestern Angola, Botswana, and northern South Africa

  • Tchagra australis emini

    southeastern Nigeria to northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, central Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

  • Tchagra australis minor

    southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia to northern Zimbabwe and Mozambique

  • Tchagra australis rhodesiensis

    northeastern Namibia to northeastern Botswana, southeastern Angola, and far southwestern Zambia

  • Tchagra australis souzae

    southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to central Angola plateau and far northern Zambia

  • Tchagra australis ussheri

    Sierra Leone to southwestern Nigeria

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.