
White-bellied Sunbird
Wooded regions. Head, breast and mantle glossy blue; belly white; curved black bill.

Wooded regions. Head, breast and mantle glossy blue; belly white; curved black bill.

Dry bush and suburbia. Grey above with upstanding crest; buff und.erparts; back white; bill white with black tip and legs red

Grassveld, bushveld. Black and white with red bill and legs. Seen in large flocks or small groups in summer.

Secluded wetlands. Head and neck buff but densely spotted black (darkest on crown); a white spot at base of black bill; rest of upperparts spotted and barred dark brown; rufous and white.

Wetland edges. Below yellow; above green-grey; various head patterns.

Inland waters. Non-breeding bird has pale grey upper tail and black line behind eye to black nape.

Pastures and mixed grasslands. All white except in summer when buff on head, neck and back. Bill, legs yellow to pink.

Broad-leaved woodland. Chin and upperparts entirely violet; below white.

Riverine forests. Head to lower breast ash-grey; soft parts yellow.

Diverse habitats. Whitish heart-shaped facial disc; pale, spotted underparts; grey and tawny spotted upperparts.
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