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Brown-crowned tchagra

Tchagra australis (A. Smith, 1836)

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The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species in the family Malaconotidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 32.3 g to 38.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis)
Photo: Duncan Wright · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown-crowned tchagra

Weight
32.3 g – 38.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the brown-crowned tchagra live?

Not recorded

What is the brown-crowned tchagra?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown-crowned tchagra” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown-crowned_tchagra&oldid=1380715643), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown-crowned tchagra endangered?

The brown-crowned tchagra is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the brown-crowned tchagra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMalaconotidae
  6. genusTchagra
  7. SpeciesTchagra australis (A. Smith, 1836)

Synonyms Malaconotus australis, Melaconotus australis, Telephonus australis, Telophonus australis, Telophonus trivirgatus, Tschagroides australis

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • BCTCEnglish
  • Brown-headed tchagraEnglish
  • Brown-headed tchagraEnglish
  • RoiuvlerktjagraAfrikaans
  • Driestreeptjagra (Rooivlerktjagra)Afrikaans
  • RooivlerktjagraAfrikaans
  • txagra de coroneta brunaCatalan
  • čagra hnědohlavýCzech
  • tsiagra corunfrownWelsh
  • Brunkronet KratskadeDanish
  • DorntschagraGerman
  • Dorn-TschagraGerman
  • brunkrona malakonotoEsperanto
  • Chagra coronipardaSpanish
  • pruunkiird-pagulindEstonian
  • akasialepinkäinenFinnish
  • akaasialepinkäinenFinnish
  • Tchagra à tête bruneFrench
  • smeđokapa čagraCroatian
  • Chagra capobrunoItalian
  • チャガシラヤブモズJapanese
  • rudagalvė čagraLithuanian
  • BruinkoptsjagraDutch
  • brunkronesjagraNorwegian
  • czagra brązowołbistaPolish
  • tchagra-de-coroa-castanhaPortuguese
  • picanço-assobiador-de-coroa-castanhaPortuguese
  • Бурошапочная чаграRussian
  • čagra savanováSlovak
  • Smeđočela čagraSerbian
  • Brunhuvad tchagraSwedish
  • brunkronad tchagraSwedish
  • Boz Başlıklı ÇagraTurkish
  • чагра буроголоваUkrainian
  • 褐冠红翅鵙Chinese
  • 褐冠紅翅伯勞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the brown-crowned tchagra

Other species in the same genus Tchagra.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown-crowned tchagra?

An adult brown-crowned tchagra weighs 32.3 g – 38.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown-crowned tchagra endangered?

The brown-crowned tchagra is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown-crowned tchagra?

The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) belongs to the family Malaconotidae in the order Passeriformes.

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@misc{brown_crowned_tchagra_2026,
  title = {Brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-crowned-tchagra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}