Identification:
Adult is distinctive looking with blackish chin, cheeks and upperparts with long white streak along scapulars, dark maroon-red rump and underparts with narrow black breast-band and brightly coloured bill with turquoise-blue upper mandible and yellowish lower mandible. Juvenile resembles adult but has browner overall plumage.
Habitat: Forest, forest edge, freshwater swamp forest and mangroves.
Behaviour/Ecology: Unobtrusive, often sitting still for long periods usually near water.
Local Status: Very rare non-breeding visitor