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Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta Scientific name definitions

Hilary Fry
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 10, 2017

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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Marsh Tchagra, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies


EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

Marsh Tchagra (Marsh) Bocagia minuta minuta Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Sierra Leone E discontinuously to lower R Congo, N and E DRCongo (S to NW shores of L Tanganyika), South Sudan, E Sudan, Ethiopia, W Kenya and NW Tanzania.

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Marsh Tchagra (Anchieta's) Bocagia minuta anchietae/reichenowi


SUBSPECIES

Bocagia minuta reichenowi Scientific name definitions

Distribution
E and s Tanzania, s Malawi, e Zimbabwe and Mozambique

SUBSPECIES

Bocagia minuta anchietae Scientific name definitions

Distribution
Angola, S and SE DRCongo, N Zambia, SW Tanzania and N and W Malawi.
Distribution of the Marsh Tchagra - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Marsh Tchagra

Recommended Citation

Fry, H. (2020). Marsh Tchagra (Bocagia minuta), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.martch2.01
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