Moluccan Goshawk

A nondescript gray-brown chat with a highly localized distribution. The most important identification feature is the dark brown undertail with pale fringes on each feather. Also note the dark breast and dark brown tail. Found very locally in rocky areas with scattered trees, primarily lava fields. Very similar to Blackstart and Brown-tailed Chat, and best distinguished by the dark undertail with pale fringes. The song is a continuous jumble of twittering and nasal notes. 

Typical tit with a black, white, and gray pattern. The black hood continues as a dark stripe down the center of the underparts. There are white edgings on much of the wing and the outer tail. Found in middle and high-elevation humid forest of the Albertine Rift. Usually in pairs or small groups, readily joining mixed-species flocks. Gives typical tit vocalizations including the classic “dree di-di-di” call and other whistled and chatty calls.

Small gadfly petrel. Gray upperparts and head, with darker “M” across wings. Underside white, with thin dark wing edge leading into a short diagonal bar cutting into the underwing. Main colonies breed on Mercury, Hen and Chickens, Poor Knights, and Ririwha Islands in New Zealand. Forages in warmer waters off the northern North Island. After breeding, migrates to the central North and Southwest Pacific. Cook’s Petrel is larger and paler but hard to differentiate at sea. Gould’s Petrel has a darker head, giving it a capped appearance, and more extensive dark on the underwing.