
Orange River White-Eye
Arid woodland and gardens. Only throat and vent yellow with flanks washed cinnamon yellow plumage.

Arid woodland and gardens. Only throat and vent yellow with flanks washed cinnamon yellow plumage.


Lowland forests. A large sunbird. Dull olive-green, darker above, paler below.

Montane forests and gardens. Dark, olive-brown above; throat speckled black on white; underparts orange (highveld race with brown breast); vent white or dusky; bill and legs orange-yellow.


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

Riverine bush. Dark brown above with black streaking; speckled black and white below; bill red and yellow; legs red.

Thickets. Above plain dark brown except for rusty cap; below blue-grey (southern and eastern regions); buffy elsewhere

Karoo scrub. Dark brown above; white below with buffy wash to flanks and vent; breast lightly spotted.

Forests. Glossy-green head, breast and upperparts; scarlet-red below. Female lacks green breast; bill greenish-yellow.
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