Kosrae Fruit-Dove

A small finchlike bird. Males have a gray hood and back with a rusty belly that contrasts with white plumage extending from the cheeks to the breast. The “zelichi” morph is deep brown above and below with a black cap and a white breast and head. Females are olive-brown above and buff below. Both sexes have a white wing spot. Inhabits marshy areas with tall mature grasses; can be found in flocks with others seedeaters during migration.

Beautiful golden oriole with a long, lipstick-red bill and an elegant black band across the eyes. Very similar to Black-naped Oriole, but with a longer, thinner bill, a thinner black eye-band in the adults, and no such band in the juveniles. Tends to be uncommon and local in moist lowland to montane forests, where it frequents coniferous stands. Song is a brief phrase of elegant whistled notes, while the loud, jabbering call is confusingly similar to that of a woodpecker.

A somewhat large, chunky dove of dry scrub woodlands where it is typically found foraging on ground. Its plain plumage, the lack of white on the wings, and the very limited white on its tail, distinguish it from other doves on Grenada. Its song is a drawn out low, plaintive “Hooooooo,” loudest near start. Critically endangered.