Colour: Black & White

Eastern escarpment & hilly grasslands. Ash grey foreneck and black cap. Black and white on folded wing.

Coastal shores. White body apart from black cap, pale grey back and wings with short tail; long, slender black bill (similar to Little Tern)

Riverine forests. Blackish above, white below; large red bill with yellow base.

Towns. Head, mantle and breast black; black and white wings, rest brown; darker above; vent white.

Bushveld and arid lands. Unmistakable. Tail buff, grey or white.

Woodland. Small pied bird with grey cap and yellow eyes.

Open veld. Pied terrestrial bird with rufous upperparts and flanks.

Namibian woodland. Small black bird with much white in wings.

Various dry habitats. Black-and-white streaked head; rufous wings, crown, mantle; below washed grey-brown.

Woodland. Black and white wing bar, Rufous flanks on white underparts. Female has brown cap.

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