Species Status: LC

Wide ranging. Entirely dark brown with forked tail and yellow soft parts.

Riverine forests. Below (including underwings) yellow; head grey; rest olive-brown.

Wetlands. All white; bill yellow; upper legs dull yellow; lower legs black.

Dry bush. Eyebrows, cheeks and underparts yellow; upperparts olive-green,paler in W, darkest in SE.

Mixed bushveld or scrub. Grey-brown upperparts; pale grey breast; yellow belly; soft parts black.

Woodland. Above turquoise-blue; wing coverts black; below white; bill red and black.

Vleis. Breeding male all-black with yellow rump and shoulder-patch.

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

Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.

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

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