The female is the same pattern but brown and buff. The flight is a quick flit from one perch to the next and not only is the white rump very marked in contrast to the black but the white and black tails is easily seen. The browner female has the same white rump and white and black tail. This bird in summer may be seen on telephone wires, roadside banks, fences etc. everywhere and may frequently flit across the road in front of the motorist where there are roadside rocky banks. Less common in the central Mesaoria.
Song is high and scratchy like a cricket.
April to May. Nest built in a bank crevice, under a rock, under a roof, etc. Of bark strips and grasses, lined with much goat hair. Eggs 4-5 bright blue with red spots. The male and female are different.