Notes: Distinctive tawny forehead & crown; black facial
mask; white eyebrow, cheeks & chin; salmon underwing. Juvenile brown mask, pale shaft-streaks on mantle, paler below, yellow throat. Ssp chelidonia differs from nominate melanops in having distinct rufous tinge on mantle
& upper back. Voice: long, clear whistle followed by a drawn-out piping. Specialist low-level nectar eater in coastal
heathlands. Nomadic.