Three-streaked tchagra

Three-streaked tchagra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Malaconotidae
Genus: Tchagra
Species:
T. jamesi
Binomial name
Tchagra jamesi
(Shelley, 1885)

The three-streaked tchagra (Tchagra jamesi) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae, which is an uncommon resident[2] of semi-desert regions in the eastern Afrotropics. The binomial of this bird commemorates the explorer Frank Linsly James, who also had the Frank James Memorial Hospital built in his honour.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Tchagra jamesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22707510A118752198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22707510A118752198.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2010). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara (2nd ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 596–597. ISBN 9781770076235.