Behaviour This species is sedentary (del Hoyo et al. 1996). It breeds in solitary pairs (Brown et al. 1982) and usually forages alone, in pairs or in small flocks (del Hoyo et al. 1996) of 5-12 individuals (Brown et al. 1982), roosting at night in trees (Hancock et al. 1992). Habitat It inhabits dense lowland forest (del Hoyo et al. 1996), showing a preference for stands with little or no undergrowth and with large mature trees (Hancock et al. 1992) with dead tops for roosting in (Brown et al. 1982). It foraging in glades in open sections of forest (del Hoyo et al. 1996) and in swampy or marshy areas (Hancock et al. 1992, del Hoyo et al. 1996), also occurring along streams and rivers, in swamp-forest (del Hoyo et al. 1996), mangroves (Brown et al. 1982, del Hoyo et al. 1996), regenerating forest over abandoned plantations in Gabon (del Hoyo et al. 1996) and in montane forest up to the treeline (c.3,700 m) in Kenya and Tanzania (Hancock et al. 1992, del Hoyo et al. 1996). Diet Its diet is little known but includes adult and larval insects (e.g. beetles), worms, snails, snakes and occasionally plant matter (del Hoyo et al. 1996). Breeding site The nest is a platform of sticks constructed on a tree limb (del Hoyo et al. 1996) c.7.5 m above the ground (Brown et al. 1982). The species is also said to nest in holes in cliffs although this is unconfirmed (del Hoyo et al. 1996).