Sri Lanka Myna

A small brown owl with feathered ear tufts and yellow eyes, restricted to Lombok. Mostly brown with scattered white and pale markings on wings, sparsely streaked underparts, and a clear “double” facial disk with both blackish and white borders. Found in various forests and plantations in the lowlands and foothills. Distinctive: the only small owl on Lombok, and the only owl there with ear tufts. Gives a single note song, “woot,” ascending slightly at the end.

Large, mostly black barbet with a huge white bill. Note the black breast and the red, white, and black belly. Found locally in savanna, woodland, gardens, and secondary growth, often in the vicinity of figs and other fruiting trees. Usually in pairs or small groups. Gives rasping calls and a nasal yelping call. Somewhat similar to Bearded and Double-toothed Barbet, but easily separated by the black rather than red breast. 

True to their name, African Forest-Flycatchers prefer areas of dense forest with tall trees, often near water, where they forage in groups or mixed-species flocks high above the ground. When foraging, this classically dark-above, pale-below flycatcher perches more horizontally than many other flycatchers. The white undersides are broken by gray scalloping on the chest and flanks. Distinguished from other African flycatchers by its more horizontal posture, light scalloping on the chest, and uniformly gray face and upperparts. Often detected by its calls, which include a multi-parted song of falling “tseer, cheer” notes followed by a variable harsh chatter. Dry buzzy chatter calls are given separately as well.