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Black-crowned Tchagra  Black-crowned tchagra,Geotagged,Spring,Tchagra senegala,Tchagra senegalus,The Gambia Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

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  1. What a gorgeous bird, never heard of it before. Posted 10 years ago
  2. I agree, just a shame I couldn't get a better shot. Posted 10 years ago
    1. But you got it, first a registration shot, then the better ones. Posted 10 years ago
  3. Re-identifying due to a duplicate species record. Posted 2 years ago

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The black-crowned tchagra 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.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ant Marriott

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Uploaded May 8, 2015. Captured Apr 7, 2012 22:00 in Mango Jungle Road, Brufut, The Gambia.
  • Canon EOS 50D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/790s
  • ISO1000
  • 439mm