White-throated Thrush

Small bird with a very long blue-gray tail held cocked, found from southwestern Western Australia to the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, where it prefers coastal heath and drier woodland areas. Breeding male has a bright blue helmet, bluish-black breast, blue patch on back, and chestnut shoulders. Female grayish overall, with long blue-gray tail and reddish bill. Nonbreeding male resembles female but has black bill and narrow pale eyering.

A small green-backed songbird with a broad black eye patch, a yellow throat and base to undertail, and a white belly. Pairs and small groups can be found in the understory and canopy of forest, forest edge, and scrubby areas in both lowlands and foothills. Restricted to South Sulawesi. Separated from Warbling and Lemon-bellied White-eyes by the lack of an eye patch and the absence of a white eye-ring. Sings a short, clipped twittering song: “chewerchiwitchiwitchiwitwiteroo.” Also gives trilling calls and single “chew” notes.

Medium-sized, richly-colored bird of swampy forests. Mostly rufous brown with a dark brown crown and back and a bright rufous-orange tail. Shows a prominent eyebrow extending well behind eye, like others in genus. Occurs primarily in lower levels of seasonally flooded lowland forests, palm swamps, and forest with a dense understory of heliconias or palms where it is uncommon and rarely seen. Forages for insects by probing into hanging dead leaves or accumulated detritus at bases of palm fronds, sometimes with mixed-species flocks but often encountered away from them. Vocalizations, loud but infrequent, include an extraordinarily long, ascending trill and an abrasive chatter, the latter given in alarm. Best told from other species by bright cinnamon underparts and tail contrasting with brown back.