
Wood Sandpiper
Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.
Bird species database for Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa.

Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.

Thornveld and cultivations. Breeding male all-black with yellow and white shoulder-patch; bill pale grey.

Diverse bushy habitats; summer visitor. Upperparts olive-green with darker tail and flight feathers; pale yellow underparts. Distinctive yellowish eyebrow and notch in tail.

Wetlands. Orange forehead; metallic-blue above; white below with black breast-band; forked tail.

Inland waters. Non-breeding bird has white upper tail; black spot behind eye; blackish nape.

Thickets. Grey, black and white above; below white chin to lower breast; flanks and belly washed orange.

Arid woodland. Black and white with grey mantle and flanks; yellow eyes.

Common in towns. Fork-tailed with white crescent shape on lower back. Fast flyer.
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