Drab Seedeater

Small oceanic gull with stunning wing pattern. All ages show distinctive black outer wing, white inner wing, and dark back. Breeding adults have a dark gray head and black bill with yellow tip. Nonbreeding adults have similar distinctive bill but with a mostly white face. Young birds are browner above than adults, with a crisp scaly pattern on the back. Breeds on Arctic tundra. Often seen in flocks during migration and winter, generally far offshore. Rarely seen from shore, but occasionally shows up at large inland bodies of water.

A medium-sized parrot from foothill to mid-montane forest. Uniformly green with a black bill and pale eye. Male has a full pale-gray collar with a thin blue edge around the front. Often seen flying in flocks and difficult to see perched. In flight, bulky head and thinner tail gives a front-heavy appearance. May overlap altitudinally with similar sized Red-cheeked Parrot, but Blue-collared Parrot has an all green head. Best identified by voice. Call, a ringing, tuneless jumble of up and down notes.

Tiny songbird of mountain and hill forests; ranges from the Himalayas south to the Malay Peninsula on the Asian mainland, with an isolated population in Taiwan’s highlands. Adult male is dark blue above and pale creamy white below, with a black stripe leading down the belly from a brilliantly red patch like a bloodstain on the breast. Female is much plainer, brownish-olive above and off-white below; lacks the bright white throat of Plain and female Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers. Often forages at flowers blooming in the canopy. Gives a high, thin, up-and-down “tsee’ip, tsee’ip, tsee’ip” and a rising series of ticks (often ending with more metallic notes); calls include dry tick notes and high, thin “tseet”s.