Tchagra | |
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Brown-crowned (above) and Black-crowned tchagra (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Malaconotidae |
Genus: | Tchagra Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Thamnophilus tchagra[1] Vieillot, 1816
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Species | |
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The tchagras are passerine birds in the bushshrike family, which are closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, and were once included in that group.