Kemp's Longbill
Macrosphenus kempi
An unusual warbler with a long bill and pale eye. The upperparts are pale, with blurry gray on the chest and rufous on the flanks. Found in humid forest at low and middle elevations, mainly in dense mid-level tangles. Similar in appearance to other longbills, but with a good view, separated by the rufous on the underparts. Also similar to Fraser’s Sunbird, but less yellow below, with a straighter bill. Most often detected by the distinctive song, a melancholy, wandering, variable series of whistles that can either descend or ascend. Sounds quite robin-like.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Macrosphenus kempi
- Authority
- (Sharpe, 1905)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Macrosphenidae
- Genus
- Macrosphenus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
Western Olivaceous Flatbill
Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
A medium-sized flycatcher with a fairly long tail and rounded head. Dull brownish-olive overall with few distinctive features; look for indistinct pale eyering and very broad bill. Occurs singly or in pairs in the lower and middle levels of forests in lowlands and foothills, up to around 1,000 m. Often follows mixed-species flocks. Fairly widespread in western South America; occurs from eastern Panama to Bolivia and western Brazil. Listen for rising, accelerating series of urgent whistles.
Montane Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
Fairly small and slender woodcreeper found in Andean subtropical zone from Venezuela to Bolivia. Warm brown overall, with rufous wings and tail. Distinct white streaking on underparts, white throat, and white eyebrow. Note slender, obviously decurved bill, which is useful to separate Montane from other woodcreepers in range. Fairly common in mossy cloud forest, where it frequently follows mixed species flocks. Like other woodcreepers, hitches up tree trunks and large limbs.
Tasmanian Nativehen
Tribonyx mortierii
Large flightless waterhen endemic to Tasmania. Has a yellow-green bill and a white thigh patch. Typically occurs on grasslands near wetland, but has also become common on farmland.
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