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Brown-crowned Tchagra
Rooivlerktjagra · Tchagra australis
A ground-loving bush-shrike with rufous wings, a brown crown and a black line through the eye. The male performs a song-flight, rising up and then parachuting down on quivering wings while whistling a descending phrase. It hunts insects in low scrub and grass, flicking into cover when disturbed and showing its chestnut wing panels.
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Has a brown crown with a black eye-stripe, unlike the black-capped Black-crowned Tchagra; rufous wings show in flight.
Listen for its call
Descending whistled series, often in a fluttering parachute display.
Where to see it in Kruger
Resident in bushy savanna and scrub park-wide, foraging low down and flying up to a perch with a flash of rusty wings.
Did you know
The male sings while parachuting down through the air on stiff, fluttering wings like a tiny falling kite.
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