Striped Crake

A medium-sized cuckoo of lowland and hill forest. Both sexes have a brown body, thick bill, and white stripe below the red eye. Male has distinctive black cap and black facial stripe. Feeds on fruit in the rainforest canopy. Similar to Long-billed Cuckoo, but Dwarf Koel has a shorter, thicker bill and white stripe on the face. Also from the larger female Pacific Koel by the smaller size and plain brown back. Call, a series of rising, single or double whistled notes.

A huge black hornbill with a prominent knob on the bill, conspicuous red “gills” on the sides of the beak, a turquoise-blue throat pouch, and a white tail. Males have a red casque and rufous neck, females a yellow knob and black neck. Juveniles resemble male, but with an entirely yellow casqueless bill. Found in pairs or groups in canopy of forested and wooded areas of lowlands and hills. Larger and more colorful than Sulawesi Hornbill. Gives powerful, short “krok” notes and a more drawn-out “oooo-aa-ooo-aaa.”

Scarce hummingbird that looks similar to a hermit. Look for buffy patch across the base of the neck, bold whitish flashes in the tail, and a fairly long, slightly decurved bill. Face pattern is rather diffuse, but look for the whitish mustache and pale line behind the eye. Found in the understory of forest and edges in lowlands and foothills below around 1,100 m where it stays low, quickly zipping around flower patches.