Masked Tityra

Small honeyeater with white throat and orange-red breast band. Face is gray, back is brown, and belly is white. Feeds on insects and nectar in woodlands, often near water. Also found in mangroves. Juveniles lack the rusty breast band and also have pink on the bill. Found at lower altitudes in northern Australia and New Guinea. This species is abundant in parks and gardens in Darwin.

Pretty little black-and-gray nigrita. In most of the range, has a white line on the head and white spotting on the wing, but the subspecies in the west of the range is darker and lacks these. Found in rainforest, gallery forest, and edge and secondary habitats. Usually sings from the canopy, but sometimes feeds low. The song consists of mournful whistles in an up-and-down pattern. Similar to Pale-fronted Nigrita, but larger, and with more black on the forehead. Eastern and central African birds are further separated by their white wing spots.

Common and often noisy and conspicuous little bird of temperate southern forests, also ranging locally into matorral with taller trees. Found in pairs or small groups, at times flocks of tens in the nonbreeding season. Moves actively through foliage from canopy to low in thickets, even on the ground in leaf litter. Thorn-tailed Rayaditos are the core species in mixed-species winter feeding flocks. Plumage distinctive, with thick golden eyebrow, whitish bib (bib buffy on Chiloé Island), striped wings, and “thorny-tipped” tail.