Black-crested Bulbul

An uncommon, medium-sized honeyeater of foothill forest midstory. Olive-colored with a bright-yellow face, a black line below the eye, starting from the bill and ending in a white ear spot. Most similar to Black-throated Honeyeater but little if any overlap in elevation. Obscure Honeyeater is smaller and has gray rather than orange legs. Song, a series of usually 5 “chip” notes, first rising, then falling.

Burly gray cuckooshrike with dark eyes and a heavy bill. Both male and female are gray above and barred black-and-white below; also note barred rumps. Males also have a limited dark mask. Restricted to the Western Visayas of the Philippines, inhabiting lowland and foothill forest and forest edge on Negros and Panay; likely extirpated by near-complete native forest cover loss on Masbate, Ticao, and Guimaras. Forages at middle and upper levels of forest, sometimes associating with other species. Gives scratchy, high-pitched calls, often doubled or repeated. Formerly treated as part of a more broadly-defined “Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike”.

Medium-sized sandpiper with long legs and bill. Shaped like a tall, stretched-out Dunlin. Breeding plumage is striking with extensive messy black-and-white barring, white eyebrow, and orange cheek. Nonbreeding is plain pale gray with contrasting white eyebrow. Juveniles usually show pale buffy tones on the head and neck and have an attractive scaly pattern on the upperparts. At all ages, note long, slightly droopy bill and dull yellowish-green legs. In flight, look for pale tail and white rump. Breeds on Arctic tundra in Canada and Alaska. Common migrant through central North America; uncommon to rare on both coasts. During migration and winter, found in shallow wetlands, including marshes, flooded fields, and muddy ponds. Usually wades in the water while feeding, often mixed with yellowlegs and dowitchers.