Auckland Islands Teal

A skulking red-brown bird with a long tail that has a rough uneven tip. Upperparts rich reddish brown, especially wings and crown, underparts gray-brown with speckling. Obvious pale eyering, lores, and moustachial marks. Feeds on the ground in dense coastal shrubland and heathland, runs rapidly with head down. Calls include a gentle series of repeated thin clear "chit" notes followed by a slurred whistled phrase.

A long-tailed kingfisher of forest and gardens on Numfor Island where it is the only paradise-kingfisher. Dark blue body with deep blue crown and shoulder patch, bright red bill and long, white raquet-tail, rump and undertail. Like other paradise-kingfishers, slowly pumps its tail while perched. Song, a rising and quickly accelerating series of nasal notes, starting slowly and ending in a rapid trill “waaaaaak wak ak k-k-k-k-k-k…..”. Pairs fan and raise tail while duetting.

An entirely black forest weaver with piercing white eyes found in low-elevation and foothill forests, in small groups or with mixed-species flocks, sometimes with other species of weaver. Occasionally forms much larger groups, and will sometimes nest in large single-species or mixed-species colonies. Birds in the western part of the range have a silver nape, but birds in the east are wholly black. Western populations are nearly identical to co-occurring populations of Vieillot’s Weaver, but have a thinner, pointier bill and prefer more forested habitats. Vocalizations include dry chatters and soft mechanical rasps, sometimes given in complex combinations.