Avibase: Tchagra senegalus (Black-crowned Tchagra)

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Tim Cockcroft	2021-05-23	Near Shaw Park, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, Bathurst (South Africa) (280 m)	duet, song - Pair calling from a small clump of trees in grassland. bird-seen:yes	650951 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Falco	2023-04-14	Idawlon, Chtouka Ait Baha Province, Souss-Massa, Chtouka-Ait Baha (Morocco) (40 m)	song - [sono]	798467 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus senegalus	Étienne Leroy	2026-03-01	Station scientifique de Lamto, Agnéby-Tiassa (Côte d'Ivoire) (80 m)	song - [also] [sono]	1085730 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra (Black-crowned) - Tchagra senegalus [senegalus Group]	Frédéric Bacuez	2025-03-01	, Saint-Louis (Senegal)	-	631497952 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Joost van Bruggen	2021-11-26	Kartong Marshes, Gambia, Kombo South (Gambia) (0 m)	adult, male, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	690784 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Peter Boesman	2014-11-05	Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	song - [sono]	280745 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus orientalis	Lars Lachmann	2022-04-22	Gede (near Watamu), Malindi, Kilifi County, Kilifi (Kenya) (10 m)	song - song (at the beginning and from 0:21)	756291 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus percivali	Nicolas Martinez	2025-01-13	Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Taqah (Oman) (50 m)	call - [sono]	965696 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-09	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Salalah (Oman) (100 m)	alarm call, call, flight call, Various calls - [sono]	950954 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Peter Ward	1978-10-26	Harare Botanical Garden, Harare (Zimbabwe) (1500 m)	song - [sono]	913104 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Peter Boesman	2013-02-05	Kurisa Moya, Tzaneen, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	song - [sono]	280736 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Martin St-Michel	2011-11-14	Ngorongoro Conservation Area, crater rim, Arusha (Tanzania) (2200 m)	Song (A) - Habitat: secondary highland forest and grassland.	99526 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Marc Anderson	2023-08-30	Manyeleti Game Reserve, Mhala (South Africa) (360 m)	song - [sono]	877015 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Phil Gregory	2014-04-04	Tono Dam, Upper East Region, Builsa (Ghana) (180 m)	alarm call, call, song - Three birds interacting, with harsh calls, song and odd whistles bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	719766 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Faustin Mugiraneza	2026-04-11	, Est (Rwanda)	-	654828004 macaulaylibrary.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Stanislas Wroza	2024-11-09	Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Salalah (Oman) (100 m)	call, two birds replying to each other - [sono]	950952 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Joost van Bruggen	2018-10-19	Kombo South, West Coast Region, Western (Gambia) (20 m)	song - with Ebrima W. Barry, birdguide bird-seen:no playback-used:no	440189 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Marcin Sołowiej	2024-11-22	Awash National Park, Afar Zone 3 (Ethiopia) (1000 m)	song - [sono]	964620 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Tero Linjama	2012-04-25	Sidi Yahya, Khémisset (Morocco) (400 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	164134 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus cucullatus	Steve Hampton	2018-11-12	Province de Chtouka Ait Baha, Souss Massa, Chtouka-Ait Baha (Morocco) (0 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	490909 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Sander Bot	18-02-2009	Oued Massa, Atlantic coast, Chtouka-Ait Baha (Morocco) (20 m)	song (A) -	30415 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Peter Boesman	2016-09-17	Kawambwa area, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia)	song - [sono]	339430 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Marc Anderson	2023-08-30	Manyeleti Game Reserve, Mhala (South Africa) (360 m)	song - [sono]	877013 xeno-canto.org
Black-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra senegalus	Sven Normant	2024-03-04	Oued Massa, Chtouka-Ait Baha (Morocco) (10 m)	song - [sono]	890102 xeno-canto.org

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