
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark
Scrublands and desert. Bill and legs white. Black head with white ear-patch all feathers broadly edged white; belly black.

Scrublands and desert. Bill and legs white. Black head with white ear-patch all feathers broadly edged white; belly black.

Karoo Scrub, rocky hills and gorges. A grey-brown and black bird with tawny apearance and short tail

Tidal flats. Bill, legs black. Above mottled light grey-brown and white; eyebrows and forehead white; below white; breast streaked light grey-brown; in flight ‘armpits’ black

Wetlands. Grey wings and back. Grey-white body, black band on head; yellow bill and legs.

Forest fringes. Male and female have green upper parts with white spotted underparts.


Woodland. Black above, spotted white; white below; grey crested head.

Woodland. Yellow below with orange breast; belly and vent white; head black with white streaks; mantle brown with white shoulder-patch.


Dry woodland and scrub. Above and breast black with coppery iridescence; belly white.
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