Taiwan Hwamei

Slender, medium-sized gull with long wings. Medium-gray upperparts. Breeding plumage shows black head with white eye arcs, small white spots on black wingtips, and deep red bill and legs. Nonbreeding plumage has smudgy gray cheek and dark bill and legs. Juveniles are browner with neat scaly pattern on upperparts. The most common black-hooded gull on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America; common in the Caribbean and on both coasts of Central America and northern South America. Almost exclusively coastal, especially on beaches and mudflats; rarely ventures far inland. Compare with Franklin’s Gull, which is slightly more compact and shorter-billed. Laughing also has narrower eye arcs and smaller white spots on wingtips.

Large, bulky, bright-colored finch of middle to high altitude broadleaf and mixed forests. Male has a jet-black head and back and a bright yellow belly and collar. Female is olive-yellow overall with a gray head and black wingtips. Both sexes have a pale, heavy bill. Usually seen in pairs or small flocks. Often perches on exposed treetops. Gives a mellow, descending series of notes while in flight. Passingly similar in appearance to Spot-winged and White-winged Grosbeaks, but Collared Grosbeak lacks white on the wing.

Small, plump, tanager-like sparrow, dull olive above with blackish cheek and crown, whitish throat, and obvious white eyebrow. Thick bill. Sexes alike. Overall very similar to Common Chlorospingus, but that species has only a white spot behind the eye, not a long eyebrow. Usually found at higher elevations than Common Chlorospingus, but some overlap. Occurs in forest and edge habitats. Look for small noisy groups moving through the understory, often with mixed-species flocks.