Bornean Green-Magpie

Tiny flycatcher with a shortish dark bill, dark legs, and a long slender tail. It has an olive-gray back, a pale face, a gray cap, and is pale yellow below. Note the white eyerings and two pale wingbars. Subspecies vary in plumage intensity. Found in the canopy of humid forests and woodlands where it often joins mixed-species flocks. The song is a quiet series of three notes “pew-pew-puuit.”

This medium-sized sunbird of the Western Ghats is similar in appearance to Crimson Sunbird, but the two ranges do not overlap. Male is bright red with a gray belly and iridescent blue-green tail and head markings. Female is dull gray overall with a paler belly. Young males are similarly dull, but often have dull red patches, particularly on the breast. Forages actively in small flocks in upper levels of foothill forest and forest edge. Squeaky song and high “seep” calls comparable to Crimson Sunbird.

Attractive orange-and-black oriole endemic to central Mexico, where it takes the place of Bullock’s Oriole (of western North America). Favors open woods, plantations, hedges with tall trees, and towns; migrants also occur in pine-oak forest in mountains. Feeds at all levels in trees and bushes, mixing readily with other orioles. Yellow-orange plumage of male distinct from purer orange of other orioles; also note the big white wing panel, black nape and cheeks, and black flanks. Female very similar to female Bullock’s Oriole but shows ghosting of male head pattern.