Colours

Distinguishing features

Its general colour is gingery brown suffused with grey and off white striations. The face is patterned black and white with broad white superciliary stripe and black stripe from lores through eyes linked to thin black malar line around sides of throat. The tail is greatly attenuated with tapered rectrices, the center pair of which extend more than 5mm beyond the adjacent pair.

There is no sexual dimorphism in colour of flanks or belly.

The juvenile color is duller although similar to the adults and with no distinct facial pattern.

The moult is poorly understood but thought to occur annually after breeding and between October and December. (Wikipedia)

Size

Wingspan

Synonyms

Distribution

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