Spotted Tody-Flycatcher

Small olive-yellow flycatcher with a long slender tail, which is often held cocked. Olive above and yellow below with a pale eyebrow, a white chin, and two pale wingbars. Found in montane forests including Araucaria forests, where it forages actively in the middle and upper layers of the forest often with mixed-species flocks. The song is short and high-pitched.

The gray ghost of central African forests, moving silently inside the forest on or near the ground, sometimes associating with driver ant swarms. Distinctive, with a gray back, pale underparts, and a bald blue, red, and black head. Breeds semi-colonially during the rainy season in caves, under large boulders, and even under road bridges. Rarely encountered away from nesting sites.

A large brown rail with a paler face and throat, blood-red legs, red eyes, and a brown bill with a paler tip. Could be mistaken for a francolin, but note short tail and secretive behavior. Found in dense lowland forest and mangroves, where it usually, but not always, occurs near water. Named for its distinctive calls, “nku-nku-lengu,” with each call lasting approximately one second. Calls primarily at night, sometimes for several minutes straight.