Singing Parrot

Beautiful, dainty bee-eater with a bright reddish head and yellow throat. Dark “necktie” most noticeable when in flight overhead. Inhabits forest edge, wooded clearings, and open areas with clusters of trees; often uses exposed perches. Some populations undertake regional movements, vacating breeding grounds after the monsoons pass. Often gives bright chirrupy calls.

A medium-sized greenbul with a dark cap, an otherwise gray head and underparts, and an olive-green back. Uncommon, inconspicuous, and local in montane forest in the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania. Similar to Shelley’s Greenbul, but slightly larger, with a blackish cap and gray underparts. Could also be confused with Stripe-cheeked Greenbul, but separated by the blackish cap and the less distinct cheek striping. The song is a quick phrase of cheerful notes in an ascending pattern: “chep-chup-chu-weeu.” 

Medium-sized sluggish flycatcher of riverine and disturbed habitats. Key marks are entirely cinnamon plumage and large-headed, plain-faced appearance; bill seems heavy and is entirely black. Sits still, peering about, before sallying to foliage for insects. Inhabits mid-story and understory, often at forest edge. Found in forest along rivers and oxbow lakes, in abandoned plantations, and at savanna edges, usually near water. Similar to Dull-capped Attila but has dark eyes and different voice. Most common calls are various mournful whistles.