Red-headed Manakin

First observed in 2014 and only formally described in 2021, this small, long-tailed bird has only been found in cloud forests at 900-1500 meters in the Kumawa and Fakfak Mountains of West Papua. Male is glossy dark blue above and gleaming white below (faint yellow wash sometimes visible); compare with male Fan-tailed Berrypecker, which has grayish underparts. Female has not been definitively described, but individuals provisionally ascribed to female Satins have been olive above and dingy grayish with faint streaks below. Foraging behavior is still poorly understood, but has been seen joining mixed flocks and foraging in areas with tree-ferns and epiphytic growth in middle levels of forest. Vocalizations largely unknown.

Small flycatcher most often seen high in rainforest canopy, often with mixed species flocks. Its bill is very wide at the base and wing feathers are conspicuously edged with yellow. Confusingly similar to several other species. Dark eye helps to separate it from Gray-crowned Flycatcher, and usually shows brighter wings with less well defined wingbars than Yellow-olive Flycatcher. Whitish (not yellow) throat distinguishes it from Olive-faced Flycatcher and Ochre-lored Flycatcher. Voice is often the best clue. Yellow-margined Flycatcher gives a rising series of clear or buzzy whistles. Song has a very nasal quality in some parts of its range. Birds found west and north of the Andes are now considered a separate species, Yellow-winged Flycatcher.

A large pipit-like bird with a golden-yellow throat and eyebrow emphasized by a circular broad black necklace and pumpkin-buff-colored belly and vent. The upperparts are subdued plain gray-brown and the outer tail corners are white, a key feature in flight. Pairs occupy upland grassland, dambos (seasonally flooded wetlands), and grassy savanna, especially close to water. It often perches up singing a strongly whistled “tu-wee-ti-chuuu” and variations thereof. The larger Yellow-throated Longclaw differs from Fülleborn's Longclaw by having a brighter yellow belly and vent, streakier head and neck, and distinct black streaking on the breast below the black necklace.