White-fronted Chat

Description:

Male White-fronted Chats have a white face, breast and belly, dissected by a distinctive black band across the breast that extends around to the back of the head. Females have similar markings but they are gradations of grey-brown, rather than black-white, and the breast band is narrower. Immatures are similar to the female, but the breast band is very faint or missing.

Habitat:

The White-fronted Chat lives in salt marsh and other damp areas with low vegetation such as swampy farmland and roadside verges. Sometimes occurs on beaches and the edges of lakes.

Notes:

First two pics are of a male (first shot he has caught a dragonfly.) 3rd pic shows a female (on the right) and a juvenile (on the left) 4th pic shows the juvenile.