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 Post subject: Tchagra: Brown-Crowned
Unread postPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:52 pm 
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Last week I went to KNP with my parents and we travelled from the South to North and then back again. Before I do a trip report, could you please help me with a few bird IDs? Please click on the links for larger pix...
Date for all pix: 22-28 June 2008

Place: Pafuri area
Habitat: Woodland on the ground.
Size: about 20cm
I know it is a type of Tchagra but they confuse me when it comes to identifying them. PS: it is not black on the top of the head.
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 Post subject: Tchagra: Brown-Crowned
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I think you are spot-on with all the birds. The Tchagra can only be brown-cowned if it isn't black-crowned :twisted:


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 Post subject: Tchagra: Brown-Crowned
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Johan van Rensburg wrote:
I think you are spot-on with all the birds. The Tchagra can only be brown-cowned if it isn't black-crowned :twisted:

Yup, I knew I found a new bird species :twisted:

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Joe gave you the answer to your questions but here is my two cents for what it is worth.

Brown on the head. Brown-Crowned Tchagra.

Well done CS! :clap:

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 Post subject: Tchagra: Brown-Crowned
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Taken at Matambeni bird hide, KNP, Aug 2008
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This fellow is listed in Prime Origins Guide to Best Birding in Kruger as "The Warbling Minstrel' in The Kruger Hit Parade :lol: So, I'd reckon he must be one of the songsters of the early morning.

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 Post subject: Identification Help - LBJs
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The birdie with the white eyebrow I'm reasonably sure is a Brown-crowned Tchagra. It was around Phalaborwa.


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Could you help out IDing it for me? Well, not for me, for a non-forumite. :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Brown crowned Tchagra :thumbs_up:

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 Post subject: Re: Identification Help - LBJs
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Thanks Batmad. :thumbs_up:


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 Post subject: Re: Tchagra: Brown-Crowned
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