Tchagra australis
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 2 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 6 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 7 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crowned Tchagra sighting in Kigali on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 196th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crowned Tchagra in Kigali on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-crowned Tchagra sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Brown-crowned Tchagra sightings, Kigali ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 10%), Pretoria (South Africa, about 10%) and Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania, about 10%).
Same family: Malaconotidae
The closest relatives of the Brown-crowned Tchagra that you can see in Kigali (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Black-headed Gonolek (about 40%) and Tropical Boubou (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-crowned Tchagra is recorded against all the birds logged in Kigali (12 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
