Golden-breasted Bunting

Description:

Size 15–16 cm. The sexes are very similar, but females may have a buff tone to the white head markings and browner head stripes, and the back may have dark streaks. Young birds are duller and paler than the females.

Habitat:

At an almost dried out waterhole surrounded with woodland.

Notes:

This species is found in a variety of open woodlands. Flavigaster favours acacia steppe and savanna. Egg-laying season is from September-April, peaking from October-December. It lays 2-5 eggs, which are incubated solely by the female for about 12-13 days. The chicks are fed by both parents on a diet of insects and seeds, leaving the nest after about 13-17 days.