Brown Eared-Pheasant

The most widespread rosy-finch. Body is the color of milk chocolate. Look for pink highlights in the wings, tail and belly. Several different populations; some have gray wrapping around the back of the head only above the eye, others have entirely gray cheek. Breeds at the highest elevations; descends to lower elevations in winter. Often in mixed flocks in winter with other rosy-finches. Feeds on seeds and insects. Look for them foraging on alpine snowfields. Visits feeders, primarily in winter.

A seldom-seen medium-sized ground bird of foothill and montane forest on Mindanao. Rufous-brown above from the crown to the tail, gray below with a white throat and rufous from the lower belly to the base of the tail. Note the sturdy black bill, long legs, and large feet. Somewhat similar to Long-tailed Bush-Warbler, but lacks the pale brow and doesn’t cock its tail. Voice consists of very high-pitched whistles and some harsh rasping notes.

A large and long-tailed shrike with dark gray upperparts, white underparts, a black mask, and white in the wing. The white patches in the black wings and tail are especially conspicuous in flight. Found at high elevations, in open habitats with stunted shrubs such as rhododendron. Descends to lower elevations during the winter. Often uses tall and exposed perches. Vocalizations include harsh rasping notes and more musical, liquid ones. Similar to Chinese Gray Shrike, but larger, with a darker gray back and no white eyebrow.