Colour: Orange

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

Thickets. Underparts entirely rich orange extending to rump and tail fringes; white eyebrows on black hood.

Bridges, towers. Cap brownish; rump orange; rest of upperparts dull metallic blue; breast orange dappled dark blue; belly white; vent orange.

Forests. Entirely orange except for brownish crown and silver-grey wings.

Bushveld. Grey cap and mantle; olive-green wings and upper tail; below yellow with orange breast-patch.

Evergreen forests. Rich orange throat and breast. Bold white wing bar.

Forest thickets. Cinnamon yellow breast patch, grey cap, and olive-green upper parts.

Ponds. Orange-buff below; blue above; bill and legs red.

Lowveld. Cap, ear coverts and rump rich orange; below white, well streaked black.

Rocky grasslands. Rump and upper-tail coverts orange; below orange lower breast; paler towards belly.

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