Colour: Red

Forests. Red cap (male); red rump both sexes; grey head.

Moist grasslands valleys. Breeding male. Tail and red shoulder conspicuous.

Coastal bush. Male with red cap and moustachial streak; female with black cap and red nape; both well spotted below.

Bushveld. Head, underparts and rump pinkish-red; upperparts brown washed pinkish-red; bill blue-black.

Rocks. Rump red; below streaked red on buff. Pale eyes, grey head.

Mixed bush. Red chin and throat; bold black breast-band; yellow belly

Woodland. Male with red cap and moustachial streak; female with red nape only; streaked black below.

Reedbeds and marshy areas. Breeding male. Red shoulder retained
all year.

Thornveld. Crimson below; black above with white wing-stripe.

Wetlands. Red mask, bill and central belly; brown-barred below.

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