Rufous-cheeked Tanager

A medium-sized, localized bird of foothill forest. Orange legs, gray head and wings, olive back and chest band, bright yellow belly and incomplete collar from the lower throat around to the sides of the neck. Perches low down, motionlessly scanning the forest floor. Distinctive, but somewhat similar to Green-backed and White-faced Robins which both have white on the face. Song, a series of whistled notes “pwip! pyuu-pyuu-pyuu-pyuu-pyuu”. The first note rising followed by a gap, the followed by identical notes.

A small, nondescript, streaky gray-brown seedeater with a lemon-yellow rump, white tail tips, and a variable dark throat (more obvious in the male). Pairs and flocks frequent thorn scrub, broadleaf woodland, scrubby patches in upland grassland, cultivation, and gardens, where they forage on the ground and in small shrubs and grass. The song is a complex collection of whistles and warbles, and calls include a simpler melodic one- or two-note “soooe-sweee.” The similar Reichenow’s Seedeater and Yellow-rumped Serin differ from Black-throated Canary by lacking a dark patch on the chin and throat.

A very small, warbler-like greenbul with an olive-green back, pale underparts, a gray cap and nape, and a pale eye. Found in lowland forest and lush woodland. Often joins mixed-species flocks. Very similar to Usambara Greenbul, but found at lower elevations and paler overall, without an olive-green wash to the crown and the back of the head. Similar in overall coloration to Yellow-streaked Greenbul, but much smaller, with a pale eye. The call is a rough chatter that is often mixed with the song: an accelerating, syncopated series of low nasal notes.