Chestnut-faced Babbler

A rather distinctive and bulky warbler: male plain grayish overall with eponymous black cap; female and juvenile plain, slightly browner overall, with rusty-brown cap. Inhabits wooded and scrubby habitats, including gardens, sometimes visiting feeders in the winter. Small numbers winter in Western Europe, but most migratory birds move south to Africa and the Mediterranean region. Song is a varied, rather loud rich warble, often strident. Often gives a harsh “chakchak” call, usually in series. Rare dark morph with black-hooded male and brown-hooded female can be found on the Atlantic Islands and very scarcely elsewhere.

Handsome cloud forest thrush found mainly along the east slope of the Andes. Visitors from North America may be struck by its similarity to American Robin. No other thrush in range has a chestnut belly. Adults also have a dark hood, yellow bill, and yellow eyering. Young birds lack the dark hood and have mottled underparts. Uncommon and usually encountered feeding in fruiting trees; rarely comes down to the ground.

A large, very long-tailed dove with a dark chestnut-brown back, wings, and tail. Head, neck and underside contrastingly pale throughout range, either white (Moluccas and Biak) or pale gray (elsewhere). Juveniles are sooty above, brown below. Typically found singly, but sometimes in pairs or groups in fruiting trees. Inhabits subcanopy of forest and secondary growth from lowlands to mountains, but most abundant in the foothills. Size, shape, and bicolored appearance make it unique. Song comprises incessantly repetitive two-note “woo-wooook” phrases with a shorter first note and an upslurred second one.