Oriental Dollarbird

26-30 cm. Stocky upright green bird with wide red bill, eye-ring and legs; large dark brown head; wings/back greenish blue; flight feathers deep blue; tail short, black tipped. Immature: duller; bill blackish, then flesh-coloured. Singles, pairs, open companies: sits on powerlines, dead trees over woodland or water; sallies after flying insects with deep, loose wingbeats; shows blue-white wing spot, hence 'Dollarbird'. At dusk, dips low, flutters high, like thickset nightjar.