 In some parts of its range, especially on islands, it can be seen further inland, ranging into forest or into mountain areas.Birds often perch conspicuously on wires, rocks or bare branches.The most subspecies that occurs furthest west in the Eurasian/African landmass is "T. c. abyssinica" of north-east Africa which is found in patches of mangroves in Eritrea and has also been recorded from Sudan and Somalia.