Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Ornate medium-sized woodpecker. Moss-green with blood-red wings and neck. Back edge of head and neck are brightened by a sunny yellow crest. Black-and-white “checker” throat is not particularly obvious. Prefers mature lowland and hill forests; seldom seen in secondary growth or sparsely-vegetated edge. Typically forages at mid-levels of forest, frequently singly but also in mixed flocks or pairs. Gives loud, insistent “nyeh” notes and a strident “choo-yik!”

Medium-sized shorebird. Gray above and white below, with fine white speckling on wings and bold white spectacles. Note dark underwing and dark rump in flight. Smaller and shorter-legged than Lesser Yellowlegs, with duller greenish legs. Often alone, but multiple individuals may gather loosely in appropriate habitat. Tips body like Spotted Sandpiper, but less constantly and not as quick and dramatic. Breeds around ponds and marshes in the boreal forest; uses old songbird nests in trees, unlike most other shorebirds. In migration and winter, mostly seen on small bodies of water like muddy ponds, lake edges, and slow-moving streams. Extensive winter range throughout Central and South America. Listen for piercing, high-pitched “tsee-weet!” call.

Sleek but sturdy gray bird with fierce pale eyes, endemic to the west-central Philippine islands of Mindoro, Libagao, and Tablas. Male is uniform overall, but darker on the tail, wingtips, and between the eye and bill. Female is similar, but has faint barring on the undertail. Inhabits lowland and foothill forest and forest edge, where forages at middle and upper levels, sometimes associating with other species. Calls are scratchy; often gives a doubled, rather high-pitched “whee-wheet!” Formerly treated as part of a more broadly-defined “Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike”.