Zoe's Imperial-Pigeon

Small nomadic honeyeater of the outback, fairly common across arid parts of inland Australia. Mottled gray and brown above, pale with dark streaks below, with bold white forehead, white moustache, black throat and upper chest, and yellow in primary feathers. Calls include a variety of pulsating electrical sounds and rapidly repeated sharp notes.

Small flycatcher with a long tail that is usually held cocked. Has an olive-green back, a whitish throat, and yellowish underparts. Note the dusky eye-stripe, buff eye-ring, and yellow wingbars. Found in humid forest at higher altitudes (750-1200 m), where it actively forages in the canopy and almost invariably accompanies mixed-species flocks. Call is a series of short, soft “tik” notes.

Large, ubiquitous yellow-bellied flycatcher found throughout most of Middle and South America, though tends to be uncommon at the far northern end of its range in the U.S. A classic “telephone wire” bird along roadsides and in towns. Prefers open areas with some trees and water. Most abundant in lowlands and foothills, but ventures up to over 3,000m in some parts of range. Listen for sharp, high-pitched twitters. Nearly identical to Couch’s Kingbird, which overlaps from Texas to Belize; best separated by voice. Larger and longer-billed than Western and Cassin’s Kingbird; also note paler brownish tail. Also very similar to White-throated (longer, forked tail) and Snowy-throated (dark mask) Kingbirds in some parts of South America.