Chinspot Batis

Small and rotund with obvious teardrop-shaped plumes protruding from forehead. Looks gray and brown at a distance, with white streaks on the sides and a scaly belly. Males have black face and longer, more curled crest than females. Usually seen in flocks running on the ground in open, scrubby habitats. Listen for frequent, three-noted call, audible at long distances. Separated from similar Gambel’s Quail by range; also note California has scaly belly with rusty (not black) patch and duller brown crown and sides. Native to western North America including Baja California; well-established introduced populations in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Hawaii.

A medium-sized nectar feeder endemic to New Zealand. Note yellowish-green plumage, blackish wings and tail, and red eyes. Male has purple tints on his head. Female browner, with a bluish gloss on the head. Juveniles show a clear yellowish cheek stripe. Widespread in the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Favors native and exotic forest, scrub, and urban parks and gardens. Listen for its melodious song consisting of a series of tuneful notes. Alarm call is a harsh, rapidly repeated “yeng.” Distinguished from European Greenfinch by lack of a pale, conical bill and larger size. Listen for lack of grunts, wheezes, and clicks to distinguish song from that of Tui.

Dull, medium-sized flycatcher of montane forest. Greenish gray, with dull reddish wings that have weak reddish wing bars. Many individuals have a complete pale whitish eye-ring. Perches upright in the midstory of montane forest, where pairs and individuals may join mixed-species flocks. Compared to the similar Flavescent Flycatcher which overlaps with it in places, Unadorned has a more obvious circular eye-ring (as opposed to more of a black eye-line with a broken eye-ring in Flavescent) and is grayer overall; it is also typically found at lower elevations.