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Passeriformes / Malaconotidae / Tchagra

Southern Tchagra

Tchagra tchagra

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (soutch1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Tchagra

Subspecies (3)

Tchagra tchagra caffrariae

southeastern South Africa (eastern Eastern Cape, from Great Fish River to the KwaZulu-Natal border)
Tchagra tchagra natalensis

northeastern South Africa (eastern Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal) and western Eswatini
Tchagra tchagra tchagra

southern South Africa (southern Western Cape and southwestern Eastern Cape)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (soutch1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.