Habitat: Aerial

Rivers. Above metallic blue; cap orange; below white; long tail streamers.

Wetlands. Orange forehead; metallic-blue above; white below with black breast-band; forked tail.

Common in towns. Fork-tailed with white crescent shape on lower back. Fast flyer.

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

Estuaries. Small martin; above dark brown; below white with narrow brown chest-band; tail with shallow fork.

Cliffs. Dark brown, broad-winged; paler below; tail square with white ‘windows’.

Grass savanna. Above metallic blue; below deep orange.

Open woodland; above metallic blue; below white; forked tail.

Woodland. Above metallic blue; throat, upper breast and underwings white; rest of underbody deep orange.

Common in towns. Nesting under bridges. Square tail. Large white patch on rump visible from side. Quite noisy “chittering” in flight.

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