Blue-black Kingfisher

Celebrated as being among the most intelligent of birds, this species is known for making and using its own tools. A relatively small crow, mostly unremarkable looking with black plumage overall. The bill is oddly wedge-shaped for a crow, and it is known to use twigs as tools while foraging. Found throughout New Caledonia, but most abundant in higher-quality forest. Most common call a quick, nasal rising note.

A small, long-billed, long-tailed bird of dense undergrowth in lowland and foothill forest in eastern Mindanao. Has an olive-green back and wings, an olive-green tail often held cocked, a pale gray belly, a black crown, and a white brow. Throat and chest are black in the male and white in the female with streaking around the edge. Similar to Rufous-fronted Tailorbird, especially from behind, but White-browed has black on the head with a white brow. Voice includes monotonous piping notes given in series, or a rapid whistled trill which can be rising or falling.

A long-tailed kingfisher of forest and gardens on Numfor Island where it is the only paradise-kingfisher. Dark blue body with deep blue crown and shoulder patch, bright red bill and long, white raquet-tail, rump and undertail. Like other paradise-kingfishers, slowly pumps its tail while perched. Song, a rising and quickly accelerating series of nasal notes, starting slowly and ending in a rapid trill “waaaaaak wak ak k-k-k-k-k-k…..”. Pairs fan and raise tail while duetting.