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The Black-crowned tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) is a bird found in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Bushland and gardens across Africa. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, reptiles and frogs and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Black-crowned tchagra lives

Bushland and gardens across Africa.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs20%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by African Bioacoustics Community (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1000639. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Black-crowned tchagra

Where does the Black-crowned tchagra live?

The Black-crowned tchagra lives in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Bushland and gardens across Africa.

What does the Black-crowned tchagra eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), reptiles and frogs (about 20%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Black-crowned tchagra endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.