Marsh tchagra

Marsh tchagra
Adult male B. m. anchietae in the southern DRC
Adult female B. m. remotus at Caia in central Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Bocagia
Shelley, 1894
Species:
B. minuta
Binomial name
Bocagia minuta
(Hartlaub, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Bocagia anchietae
  • Tchagra minutus
  • Tchagra anchietae

The marsh tchagra or blackcap bush-shrike (Bocagia minuta) is a species of passerine bird placed in the monotypic genus Bocagia in the family Malaconotidae.[2] It is native to marshes in the tropics and subtropics of Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Tchagra.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Bocagia minuta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22707482A118751243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707482A118751243.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Fry, H. (2019). "Marsh Tchagra (Bocagia minuta)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.