Carrizal Seedeater

Warm brown bird with buffy streaks on head and breast; hitches up tree trunks. Generally longer tailed and longer billed than a woodpecker. Very similar to many other species of woodcreepers. Focus on bill: long, fairly thick, and almost straight; generally pale grayish with fleshy tones, but darker on top edge. Listen for song, a long series of clear whistled notes fading slightly at the end. Found in wooded habitats, often in more open forest, edge, or second growth.

A relatively large gray songbird with a notably heavy bill, a prominent black mark between the bill and the eye, and a paler belly. Singles and pairs frequent the canopy of forest within lowlands and mountains, including degraded forest. Confined to Buru. Differs from Pale Cicadabird in its larger size and extensive black area between bill and the eye. Differs from Common Cicadabird in its pale belly, larger size, and heavier bill. Call is a short, sharp, slightly burry “skeet.”

A neatly patterned weaver that stays high above the ground in forests and old farmland, often near flooded areas or water, in small groups or with mixed-species flocks. Black head and vent contrast with the dark gray or reddish belly. Upperparts are black except for a bright gold triangular patch on the back. Engages in a wide variety of foraging behaviors, including gleaning, flycatching, and hitching up larger branches and trunks in a woodpecker-like fashion.  Occurs with several other species of weaver, but note Yellow-mantled Weaver’s distinct upperparts and the contrast between its black throat and vent and its paler belly. Calls include mechanical whistles and rasps and dry chatters, sometimes combined in complex songs.