Three-streaked tchagra

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Three-streaked tchagra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Tchagra
Species:
T. jamesi
Binomial name
Tchagra jamesi
(Shelley, 1885)

The three-streaked tchagra (Tchagra jamesi) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is an uncommon resident [2] of semi-desert regions in the eastern Afrotropics. The binomial of this bird commemorates the explorer Frank Linsly James, who also had the Frank James Memorial Hospital built in his honour.

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Range and habitat

It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Description

It is a small tchagra, measuring 16–17 cm from bill tip to tail tip. [2] They are distinct from other tchagra species in having a narrow, black median stripe over the crown, [3] without any superciliary stripe. [2] In addition the tertials and rectrices are mouse-brown in colour.

Habits

The male displays by fripping the wings in flight, followed by a series of down-slurred whistles. [3] [2] They feed to a large extent on insects, but may in addition prey on chicks of other birds. [3]

Races

There are two accepted races: [3]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Tchagra jamesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22707510A118752198. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707510A118752198.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 596–597. ISBN   9781770076235.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fry, H. (2017). "Three-streaked Tchagra (Tchagra jamesi)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 15 April 2017.