Shade Warbler

Rather large, blue-and-gray jay of highland pine and pine-oak forest endemic to highlands of central Mexico; occurs in transvolcanic belt from Volcánes de Colima in the west to Volcán Orizaba in the east. Typically travels in wide-ranging flocks of 5–25 birds, mainly at middle to upper levels in trees. Appreciably larger and broader-winged than Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays, with plainer plumage (lacks dark mask, whitish eyebrow, and partial dark collar of Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay). Noisy calls carry well.

Heavily patterned terrestrial bird of Western Australia and western South Australia. White eyebrow and moustache, with deep chestnut brown back and intricately patterned wing. Female has white belly and gray chest, male white belly, gray flanks, and black chest and throat. Note gray sides rather than warm brown sides of Cinnamon and Nullarbor quail-thrushes. Usually seen walking around in areas of open woodland and shrubland. Call is a long, high-pitched whistled "seeeep."

Dull brown babbler with yellowish-tinged underparts, a faintly gray face, and a warmer orange-brown crown. Throat and chest are faintly streaked, but not as evident as that of the very similar Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, from which Gray-faced can also be distinguished by its grayer face and less contrast between the more warmly-colored crown and duller upperparts. Forages in noisy flocks in the middle and lower levels of the forest. Ranges from lowlands up into the foothills. Mellow-sounding song contrasts with rather nasal, chattering calls.