South Island Wren

A large, thick-billed malkoha, endemic to Sulawesi, where the only Malkoha. Rufous top half and dark bottom half give it the appearance of having been dipped in black paint, which together with long tail and thick red and yellow bill give it an unmistakeable appearance. Found in wooded habitats from the lowlands to the mountains. Follows macaques catching flushed insects. Call, a very distinctive series of sharp, grating notes, that rise, then fall, whilst accelerating and fading at the end.

A small, relatively drab flycatcher found locally across its wide range. Primarily yellowish in plumage, brightest on the belly. Whiter throat has strong grayish stripes blending into blurrier streaks on the chest. Generally found in scrubby semi-humid habitats, and often likes viney tangles. Where overlaps with the similar Johannes’s Tody-Tyrant, note the stronger throat markings and generally brighter overall coloration.

Brightly-colored pigeon of lowland and hill forest. Both sexes are green with red feet and a bright blue bill, but males have an orange chest patch and wine-red patches on the wings which the female lacks. Females can be confused with the similarly plain Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon, but Wedge-tailed has a much shorter tail with a rounded tip. Like other green-pigeons, tends to occur in pairs and small flocks, but will congregate in large numbers at fruiting trees, usually high in the canopy. Listen for its distinctive song, a series of smooth ascending coos followed by a series of blubbering high-pitched notes.