Shelley's Greenbul

A large crow that varies in size across its range; note its relatively long, daggerlike bill with curved top. Entirely black with a variable amount of glossiness. A frequent scavenger, feeding on carrion, leftover food from humans, and food stolen from other birds. Often gangs up to attack and chase other birds, especially raptors. Occurs in a wide range of habitats including woodlands, urban landscapes, agricultural fields, and open scrub forests. Call varies, generally a harsh or croaking crow.

Chunky, round-headed flycatcher with an orange front in all plumages. Adult male has vivid orange throat and breast contrasting with black upperparts and white belly, supercilium, and wing patches. Younger male and adult female grayish-brown above and white below, with pale yellow-orange throat, white eyering, and very narrow wingbars. Breeds in lowlands up into submontane areas, favoring broadleaf and mixed forests; in submontane evergreen forests on wintering grounds. Song begins with a few pure silvery whistles, followed by a jumble of warbling trills.

A large, long-billed sunbird in which males and females are very different. Males are dark, with iridescent green upperparts, a bluish-purple throat and breast, and a blood-red belly. Females have olive-brown upperparts, mostly yellowish underparts, an orangish undertail, and a prominent pale eye-stripe. Found in rainforest, gallery forest, and adjacent lush savanna, mostly in the canopy. Similar to Johanna’s Sunbird, but larger; male is separated by the bluish-purple throat and breast and female by the unstriped underparts. One common call is distinctive and unusual for a sunbird, sounding more like a puffback: a nasal “kyyep.” The song is a few staccato clear notes, sometimes followed by a fast jumble.