White-headed Barbet

A dull dark brown white-eye with a distinctive white forecrown, white eye-ring and throat, and pale bill and legs; eyes are also often pale. A local but common resident restricted to Mount Cameroon, found in small groups between 1800 and 2800 meters of elevation. Prefers scrub at forest margins and alpine shrubland. Gives a loud, rolling musical song, “cheet-tee-too-too-twee-too-dee-dzoo” with variations, and other soft calls. Forest White-eye is much brighter than Cameroon Speirops but may occasionally join it in flocks.

Luminous green barbet with a streaked gray-brown head and a flesh-pink bill. Bare patch of orange skin around the eye creates a monocled appearance. Not as shy as some other barbets, frequently perching up on exposed branches. Inhabits deciduous forests and edge areas, as well as parks and gardens. Primary territorial song is a repetitive “woo-kohw.” A hooting trill is also occasionally given.

Vibrantly beautiful small lorikeet with a bright red bill and extensive golden-yellow “scaling” on the breast. Leaf-green back separated sharply from yellow head by a vertical dark bar. Large, pale bare patch around the eye give this parrot a somewhat “crazy” expression. Endemic to the Sula Archipelago, where it wanders foothill forests and more open areas in flocks, often gathering at fruiting and flowering trees. Bright yellow markings and overall shape distinguish this species from racquet-tails, hanging-parrots, and Tanygnathus parrots. Gives high-pitched shrieking calls. Formerly lumped in with Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet under the name “Yellow-and-green Lorikeet.”