A striking, pied flycatcher with white panels in otherwise black wings and tail. Resembles the Southern fiscal in broad colour pattern, but bill more slender, tail shorter, legs longer and white in wings confined to secondaries (not wing coverts) and white windows in the tail. Lacks white outer-tail feathers. Larger and longer tailed than the collared flycatcher, and nape black (instead of white).
Female is browner above and washed darker grey on breast and belly. Juvenile is much browner above, with buff spots and mottled grey-brown underparts.
18 – 20 cm. 22 – 36 g.
Endemic to South Africa, and a common resident in South and East of range, a non-breeding winter visitor (from March to September) in the North of range. Found in woodland and thickets, scrub, gardens and plantations.
Birds of Southern Africa (2020).
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