
White-winged Widowbird
Thornveld and cultivations. Breeding male all-black with yellow and white shoulder-patch; bill pale grey.

Thornveld and cultivations. Breeding male all-black with yellow and white shoulder-patch; bill pale grey.

Diverse bushy habitats; summer visitor. Upperparts olive-green with darker tail and flight feathers; pale yellow underparts. Distinctive yellowish eyebrow and notch in tail.

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

Inland waters. Non-breeding bird has white upper tail; black spot behind eye; blackish nape.



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

Coastal and river shores. Sandy-brown above; male with darker forecrown; white below and on forehead.

Game regions. Dark brown back, wings and upper breast; crown, nape and below white (female has white inner secondaries); bare parts pink; bill blue and red.

Wetlands. White face on black head; rufous neck and upper breast.
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