Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler

Typical, heavy-billed raven, but with the unusual addition of a white wedge on the back of the neck. Flight is powerful and heavy; sometimes soars. Found in a variety of habitats in rocky or mountainous country. Usually in pairs or small flocks; feeds by walking along the ground. Call is a rough “krrraw.” Larger than Pied Crow, with a heavier bill and much less white. Similar to Thick-billed Raven, but shorter-tailed, smaller-billed, and with a more extensive white patch on the neck.

Strikingly pretty small finch. Males are largely red and covered in white spots with dark wings and tail. Females are gray with a rufous rump. Both sexes have a red beak. Gives a very musical song a high "teei" call. Found in grassy areas close to water and often near human habitation, particularly areas with wet rice paddies.

A medium-sized, long-tailed, ground-dwelling bird of montane forest. Gray underparts, rufous crown and large, white spots in the wing. Obvious white cheeks which join in a narrow white band across the mid-throat, with black above and small white dots below. Races differ with either a green or brown back. Overlaps with the vaguely similar Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler, especially with an all-too-likely fleeting view, but Spotted is smaller, has a spotted wing and lacks the blue plumage. Song, a quickly repeated whistled note often with a crescendo. Call, a “whip” note.