Brown-crowned Tchagra

A medium-sized barbet with uniformly white underparts, a black throat patch, a red forehead, and a striking yellow-and-white eyebrow. Pairs reside in semi-desert, savanna, and gardens, preferring thickets and more treed areas with suitable for nest cavities. Calls a distinctive melancholy “poooop” 6–7 times, often accompanied with a nasal, repeated “nyeeeeaar”. Miombo Barbet differs by lacking the dark throat patch and by having heavily-spotted underparts and a yellowish breast. The two species hybridize in southern Zambia.

Medium-sized finch with rich rusty flanks that contrast with its white belly. Note the well-marked white eyebrow and white cheeks and chin. Occurs in forests adjacent to rivers, forest edges, and woodlands where it generally feeds close to the ground. Sings a continuous repetition of a harsh “tcheew twip-chip chew.”

A very small bird of wooded areas from the lowlands to lower elevations in the mountains. Male has dark upperparts with a greenish crown and rump, a deep purple throat and upper chest, and a bright red lower chest and upper belly. In Sulu and west Mindanao birds, the red on the chest is replaced by yellow with an orange wash. Male is distinctive. Female resembles several other drab female sunbirds, but has a yellow brow and chest and a brown wing. Call is a sharp upslurred “tsweep!”