Tanimbar Boobook

A massive eagle with a short but prominent crest. The adult is uniformly brown on the head, back, and chest, with a pale belly covered in brown blotches. In flight the underwings are brown. Either solitary or in pairs, it inhabits woodland, plains, and semi-desert, where it hunts for vertebrates. Martial Eagles have extremely keen eyesight and can locate prey from six kilometers away. They hunt mostly on the wing and surprise prey from above. Juvenile Martial and Crowned eagles are similar, but Martial has whitish (not buffy) underparts, unspotted flanks, and narrower bars on the tail.

A starling with a piercing gaze that is not easily forgotten, often found in flocks high in fruiting trees in forests, primarily in the lowlands but sometimes high in the mountains. Males are a glossy purple-black all over with a long, pointed tail, and females are a duller gray-black all over with a short tail. Both sexes have bright yellow eyes that contrast starkly with their plumage. Calls are a short ‘tuwee!’ or a rising “dree!” that can be quite musical when given by a flock.

Medium-sized warbler, light olive-brown above and yellowish below with a rather long bill. Compared to Icterine Warbler, wings are shorter and lack the pale panel. Song is fast and prolonged, containing quite a lot of mimicry and usually some House Sparrow-like chattery calls intermixed. Breeds in southwest Europe and northern Morocco, in forests, scrubbier vegetation, orchards, and well-wooded gardens. Winters in various wooded habitats in tropical Africa, including wooded savanna.