Braun's Bushshrike

Large, heavy-billed woodcreeper. Has rather unmarked plumage, but note the buffy eyebrow, moustachial stripe, and throat. No other woodcreeper within its range has such a large, strong bill. Inhabits deciduous dry forests and wooded caatinga. Song is a whining series of unmelodic notes, such as “nk-wiirh, week! weeer, weeer, weeur, weuur.”

A shy partridge of tropical lowland rainforest. Brown with buff speckled upperparts, dark barring on the chest and sides, orange-brown belly, rusty bib, black speckled collar, and white, finely speckled throat. Uncommon and declining throughout its range. Forages in small flocks on the forest floor. Found at lower altitudes than other partridges in range and distinguished by its yellow legs and pale orange ear patch. Song, often given as a duet, consists of loud, tremulous whistles.

Beautifully patterned cryptic nightjar. Found mainly inside of eastern and northern Madagascar rainforest, though very locally in dry forest. Most often seen when located by local guides, sleeping on the forest floor during the day, usually below a pandanus. Apparently completely silent, which is bizarre for a member of the nightjar family. When perched, distinguished from Madagascar Nightjar by its rufous collar; in flight, by its lack of white in the wings.