Madagascar Partridge

Odd dove-gray corvid with a slightly decurved bill. Note black lores, tail, and chest. Delicate buffy-pinkish wash on the chest visible in good light. Inhabits sandy deserts with scattered shrubs. Often perches out in the open, next to roads, and forages on the ground in small flocks or pairs. Gives a bubbling ‘bl’lip, bl’lip’, often in the early morning.

Large woodpecker, very similar to Northern Flicker. Overall pale sandy brown with gray face and brown crown. Spotted below with black oval on chest. Underwing and shafts of flight feathers bright yellow. Males have red mustache stripe; sexes otherwise alike. Combination of face pattern and yellow in wings helps distinguish from both "Red-shafted" and "Yellow-shafted" Northern Flickers. Shows a strong affinity for saguaro cactus but also found in nearby woodland. Gives a piercing "kleer" call similar to Northern Flicker.

A large, shy black gamebird with ornate white spots, found in tall, open understory of tropical lowland forest. Named for the conspicuous plume of black feathers on top of its head, this species also possesses a distinctive dark and featherless face. Vocalizations are not well described, but appear to consist of quacking cackles and raucous, nasal “kak-kak-kak” series. Range overlaps only with the smaller Black Guineafowl, which has a mostly naked bright red head and lacks the Plumed Guineafowl’s crest and conspicuous white spotting.