Fan-tailed Cuckoo

A fairly large bird of lowland forest midstory. Rusty brown with a long tail and long, curved, yellow bill. Moves in noisy flocks searching for insects in tangles, sometimes mixing with other species including Black Cicadabird and Rusty Pitohui. Similar to the two aforementioned species, but Papuan Babbler has a longer bill. Voice, loud downward, repeated whistle “weeuuuu!” mixed with harsh rasping and chattering calls.

A large, very dark pigeon with a grayish head, a burgundy body with scattered small white spots, and a bright yellow bill and legs. Female is duller than the male. A scarce species found singly and in pairs in the canopy of primary and secondary forest, more frequently above 1300 meters of elevation; attends fruiting trees. Mostly quiet and inconspicuous, but gives a rolling, growling “crrr-crrow-rrrow-rrrow-rrrow” and other low-pitched pigeon-like cooing. Smaller Sao Tome Pigeon has a gray breast and an iridescent green nape and lacks Maroon Pigeon’s yellow feet and bill. 

Rather large rosefinch of the Himalayas. Male is dark pink with broad pale eyebrows and two rows of fine white specks on the wings. Female is dark buffy brown with pale eyebrows. Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch female has uniformly whiter underparts. Spot-winged breeds in alpine meadows, scrub, and conifer forest edge; winters in similarly scrubby areas as well as forests lower down. Calls include a distinctive wheezy “cheWEE!”