Bright blue upperparts
Green on crown
White streak on sides of neck
Orange-chestnut underparts and face
The crest is not usually raised
Usually found in vegetation around lakes and rivers .
Will take advantage of fence posts and jetties as a fishing perch.
Catches anything from prawns and crabs to insect larvae.
Monogamous. A burrow is excavated by both male and female into an earth bank.
Birdwatching.com.na is a Namibian birding website, owned by Neil Macleod. Neil runs SafariWise, a tour company specializing in birding tours as well as doing other specialist tours including photographic trips. Neil is a top class naturalist and still conducts many of the tours himself.
Neil is the author of "An experts guide to finding the animals in Etosha", ISBN 9789991657370 (Namibia) and ISBN 9783933117854 (Europe).
Though small, SafariWise has a huge amount of experience in this field and is considered Namibia’s top birding tour company.
When not on tour, Neil lives in Swakopmund with his family, where SafariWise is based.
