Himalayan Buzzard

A fairly small, slim, long-tailed hornbill. Note the red bill, the pink or red bare facial skin, and the heavily spotted back. The eye is dark in most of the range, but birds in some parts of East Africa show a pale eye. White patches on the wing and outer tail are conspicuous in flight. Found in savanna and thornscrub. Similar to Western and Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbills, but separated from both by the pale rather than black bare skin around the eye. Call is a series of clucks that starts with single notes, then becomes louder and more emphatic, with doubled notes. 

Large, long-tailed flycatcher. The wing and tail are dark gray and the head and underparts paler gray. In the northern portion of the range, shows a huge pale eye-ring; in the south and west, shows a much narrower, grayish eye-ring. Found in montane habitats including forest edge, woodland, and gardens. Often in pairs. Vocalizations include high-pitched whistles and scratchy notes. Subspecies without a bold eye-ring are somewhat like African Dusky Flycatcher, but are larger and grayer. Other gray flycatchers are unlikely to be found in montane habitats.

Small tchagra with a rufous back and buffy underparts. Males have a solidly black cap, and females a black-and-white striped cap. In the southern part of the range, the back is solidly rufous, while in the north, there is a black “V” across the shoulders. Found in a variety of moist habitats, including wet scrub, streamside vegetation, grassland, and marsh edge. Skulking, inconspicuous, and generally uncommon. The song is a short series of chatty whistles, given by the male in a display flight. Calls include low, raspy notes. Similar overall to other tchagras, but smaller and shorter-tailed.