Tchagra australis
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
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 Lusaka on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 79th most-seen of the 87 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-crowned Tchagra in Lusaka on a given day, against under 5% in March–July, September and November–December, the lowest months.
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.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Brown-crowned Tchagra sightings, Lusaka ranks 4th 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 Lusaka (family Malaconotidae, Bushshrikes and Allies) are Black-backed Puffback (about 30%), Tropical Boubou (about 20%) and Sulphur-Breasted Bushshrike (about 10%), 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 Lusaka (5 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.
