Marsh Tchagra

Bocagia minuta (Hartlaub, 1858)

Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes

Marsh Tchagra, Bocagia minuta, is a passerine bird of the bushshrike family found in western and central Africa. It lives in marshes and also uses subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. The species was described by Hartlaub in 1858. Its range extends across many countries in central Africa, and it is recorded from Angola through to Ethiopia and Kenya, with further presence in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Malaconotidae — Bushshrikes
Breeding range
Africa: w, c
Marsh Tchagra
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