It is approximately 18 cm long and recognizable by the white eyebrows above the eyes; in flight, the white back is clearly visible.
The call sounds like a loud “hoo-hoo hoo-hoo”.
It is a common species.
The bird breeds in small colonies.
The nest is a messily woven ball of grass and twigs, often in acacias.
It occurs in eastern and southern Africa (four subspecies, from South Sudan/Kenya to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, etc.).
The population has not been quantified but is described as common to very numerous; the IUCN status is “not threatened”.
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