Description:Size: 4.25"
Sexes alike
Adult: small and gray-brown; distinctive bright yellow rump, thin pale supercilium, pale buff double wingbars and light buff-brown underparts.
Juvenile: similar to adult but warmer buff-brown; chin and throat withish with dark spots, becoming streaks on breast.
Contact call: is a rising 'tswee' or 'tsuii'; in flight gives a double chirrup note.
Song: Canary-like song, sustained and rambling with repeated phrases, often delivered from a tree top, and is one of the most persistent songsters of Southern Africa.
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