Manus Boobook

Small cuckooshrike with a restricted range in the North Moluccan islands. Males are mainly gray with black on the face, wing, and tail. Distinctive female has brown upperparts, with a gray cap and buff fringing on the wing, and buff underparts with fine barring. Found in forest and forest edge habitats at low and middle elevations. Forages singly, in pairs, or in small groups, mainly in the canopy. Vocalizations include a long, cicada-like buzzing note.

Large shorebird with an enormous chunky beak, black-and-white-marked face, white stripes on the shoulder, and long and sturdy legs. Unlikely to be encountered anywhere except coastal areas, particularly beaches, reefs, and estuaries; very unusual even a few hundred meters inland from these habitats. Heavy human activity on beaches in certain areas has confined them to small offshore islands. Often calls at night, giving high-pitched piping and whistling notes.

A fairly small owl of lowland forest. Dark brown above with a white bar behind the shoulder, and paler and warmer brown below with black marks. Note the wide, shallow V-shape stretching from between the eyes out to the ends of the prominent ear tufts, and the dark facial shield incompletely bordered with white below. Eyes are deep orange. Similar to Mantanani Scops-Owl, which only occurs on small offshore islands off Palawan, but differs in eye color. Voice is a low rasping croak, “gruk grrrrrrrrr.”