Colour: Light Brown

Thornveld and suburbia. Light brown above; wings and tail darker; rump and underparts grey-white; eyes blue; bill black; mask and legs red.

Woodland. Rufous crest not normally visible, erect from nape in courtship; above brown with creamy arrow shapes.

Dry pans, short grass. Light brown above with rufous cap and pectoral tufts; whitish below.

Game and cattle regions. Upperparts and entire head dark brown; underparts and rump yellow-buff; bill and eyes red; eye-rings yellow.

Protea woodland. Larger canary; mainly drab grey with distinct lighter bars on closed wing; heavy grey bill.

Farmlands. Light brown above with purple wing-spots; light brown breast; underparts whitish; legs maroon-red

Karoo and Namib plains. Black and white on folded wing. Dark foreneck and white belly.

Wetlands. Small shorebird. Non-breeding plumage sandy-brown above; feathers edged white; below white; short black bill and black legs

Wetlands. Male has black crown, back and flight feathers (dark brown in female); rest of body, both sexes, buffy-brown, streaked white below.

Dry regions. Light brown above with buffy feather edges; pale eyebrows; below pale cinnamon-brown.

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