Species Status: LC

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

Riverine woodland. Red throat, back, wings and upper tail green; forehead and chin white; nape and breast cinnamon; belly to vent blue.

Rivers sandbanks of major rivers.. Lateral head and neck grey; crown and underparts white; wings black and white; bill, wattles, legs yellow.

Coastal forest fringes. Dark brown with white ear-stripes and underbelly.

Thornveld. Dark brown above with white eyebrows, wing-bars and feather edges; below white, with or without spotted breast; bill black; legs pink.

Bushveld. Pied with grey crown; orange-yellow eye-wattles and legs.

Thickets. Underparts entirely rich orange extending to rump and tail fringes; white eyebrows on black hood.

Scrub. Rufous rump and upper tail coverts; well-streaked breast; white wing-markings.

Inland and coastal waters. Upperwings and tail dark brown; wing feathers edged black.

Thickets. Black crown grades onto rufous mantle and wings; white eyebrow; white streaking from head to mantle.

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