Black-browed Triller

A medium-sized, unusually plain nightjar. Overall coloration varies from rufous to brown to gray. Both sexes have a small pale mark in the outer wing, and males have a mostly white outer tail. Breeds mainly in arid savanna, but occurs in a wide variety of open habitats as a migrant and wintering bird. Similar in appearance to several other nightjars, but identified by the combination of overall plainness, lack of white on the throat, and vocalizations. The call is a mechanical trill, higher-pitched than that of Sombre Nightjar, but lower-pitched than that of Long-tailed Nightjar.

A medium-sized bird of lowland and foothill forest and edge with a very long curved bill. Has a preference for banana plants. Grayish on the head and back with olive-green wings, a pale gray throat and chest, and a pale yellow belly. Note the yellow eye-ring and white tips to the undertail. Somewhat similar to Naked-faced Spiderhunter, but smaller and paler. Also similar to females of several sunbird species, but larger and longer-billed. Voice includes a sharp, nasal “rek!”

Heavy-set shorebird with entirely black plumage and long, thick reddish bill. It has a distinctive fleshy red or yellow eye-ring and very thick pale-pink feet and legs. Exclusively coastal, where it can be found walking around on the edge of rocky headlands, on rock shelves, and along rocky beaches on small islands. Typically found in pairs or small groups. Its call is a loud slow whistled "chew", or when agitated a rapidly repeated "squeaky toy" call.