Dwarf Honeyguide

Indicator pumilio

Small and nondescript honeyguide. Note the short but chunky bill and the white patches on the sides of the tail. Found in montane forest, where it is uncommon and inconspicuous. The main call is a repeated “tsee-you.” Very similar to Least Honeyguide, but even smaller, and lacks a dark stripe on the face. Similar in size to Wahlberg’s Honeyguide, but has a thicker bill and less white in the outer tail.

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Indicator pumilio
Authority
Chapin, 1958
Order
Piciformes
Family
Indicatoridae
Genus
Indicator

Range and habitat

Migration
Resident species

Conservation

Population trend
declining

Photos

Distribution

Bird Calls

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Iriomote Tit

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Reddish-brown songbird with a black crown and throat and olive-gray wings. Resident in broadleaf evergreen forests, especially in higher elevations, but poorly known. Endemic to Iriomote and Ishigaki Islands, in the southern Ryukyu Islands. Formerly considered conspecific with Varied Tit, and plumage intermediate between Varied Tit and Owston’s Tit, but neither has Iriomote’s olive wash on wings. Song resembles Japanese Tit, and nasal call recalls Varied Tit but drier.

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard

Henicopernis longicauda

A large, long-tailed raptor of lowland and montane forest and clearings. Commonly seen in flight soaring in circles over the canopy with wing and tail feathers spread, showing strong barring. The only similar looking raptor that regularly soars is Pacific Baza, but Long-tailed Honey-buzzard has a streaked chest and lacks the buffy underwing and belly. When perched, similar to Doria’s Goshawk, but has yellow eyes and white legs. Usually silent.

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Peucaea carpalis

Subtly marked sparrow with a poor name; "rufous wing" is restricted to a tiny, barely visible patch on the shoulder. Gray head and neck with peaked rufous crown and rufous eyeline. Stout pink bill. Sides are buff and unstreaked on adults. Back and wings are also buffy with fine markings. Paler throat is edged with thin dark lines. Primarily a Mexican species with very limited range in the U.S.; found in pairs or small flocks in brushy grasslands. Variable song usually composed of a few clear tinkling notes and trills.

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