---
title: "Brown-crowned Tchagra"
description: "Tchagra australis — Birds. The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-crowned-tchagra
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-crowned Tchagra

> Tchagra australis — Birds. The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

- Scientific name: *Tchagra australis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1312
- Wikidata: [Q1317356](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1317356)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8446](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8446)

## Names

- en: Brown-crowned Tchagra
- de: Dorntschagra
- es: Chagra Coroniparda
- fr: Tchagra à tête brune
- nl: Bruinkoptsjagra
- pt: Picanço-assobiador-de-coroa-castanha
- pl: Czagra brązowołbista

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (578), TZ (137), BW (95), NA (80), KE (74), ZW (58), ZM (54), UG (43), MW (40), AO (17), MZ (10), SZ (9)

## Summary

The brown-crowned tchagra (Tchagra australis) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-crowned_tchagra

## Photo

![Brown-crowned Tchagra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-crowned-tchagra/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219672505

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-crowned-tchagra?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).