Grandala

Poorly known Peruvian endemic found only in high Andean cloud forest northeast of the city of Huancayo. It was described to science in 2013. Adult male is plain gray, lacking the rufous barring on the lower underparts shown by Rufous-vented Tapaculo and Trilling Tapaculo. Female plumage not yet known with certainty. Younger birds are heavily marked with bars or scales. Best identified by range and voice. Typical song is a lengthy series that starts out with simple notes and gradually transitions into sputtering bursts.

Plain, warbler-like tetraka with a bold white eye-stripe. Madagascar endemic that is found in low and middle-elevation rainforest. Feeds in the mid-story and canopy, and sings from an exposed perch, often alongside a Stripe-throated Jery. Song is a loose, decelerating trill. Similar to Cryptic Warbler, but eye-stripe is bolder, and color of the upperparts is gray. Larger than jeries, with gray upperparts, and no streaks on the throat. Much paler than Wedge-tailed Tetraka, with a white eye-stripe rather than a gray ear patch. 

Tiny and active sunbird of forest edges, parks, and gardens; the most common urban sunbird throughout most of its expansive distribution; ranges from Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Lesser Sundas. Both sexes have a plain olive back, a yellow belly, and white tail edges that are flared out in flight. The male flashes an iridescent blue throat while the female has a yellow throat and eyebrow. Female Brown-throated Sunbird also has a yellow belly, but it is larger with a thicker bill and lacks the white tail patches of Ornate. Gives a rising “dwee”, a familiar sound even in cities. Formerly grouped with other, closely related species under “Olive-backed Sunbird.”