Sumba Jungle Flycatcher

Smallish flycatcher, characteristic of forests on sandy soils and seasonally flooded forests. Heard more often than seen. Best told by bright rufous tail and flight feather edges contrasting with greenish-brown body. Singles or pairs inhabit the mid-story of tall forest and typically do not associate with other species. Sits upright and sallies to foliage for insects. In western Amazonia, told from Dusky-tailed Flatbill by clearer (less mottled) breast and extensive rufous in wings and tail. Voice is a single, lazy whistle, with characteristic strong inflection in the middle.

Tiny, compact, black-and-white falcon. Black above, with a white chest and pale orangish belly. Male has a white crown and face; in female, the white is replaced by rusty orange. Restricted to northern Borneo, where mostly unmistakable; in narrow range of overlap with Black-thighed Falconet, look for White-fronted’s white or orange crown and paler underparts. Like other falconets, frequently encountered in pairs or groups. Perches up on bare branches in open forest, forest edge, and clearings.

The common fairywren of lowland and foothill forest edge and thickets. A small, long-tailed bird with a dark blue mask, a pale blue crown, and a cocked tail. Male has otherwise uniform deep blue plumage, and the female rufous brown upperparts with a white breast. Forages in small groups in thick undergrowth. Female similar to Wallace’s Fairywren but Emperor lacks the white wing bars and facial stripe. Song is a jumble of warbled notes, and call a dry “churr.”