Ash-breasted Antbird

A stocky, short-tailed forest pigeon. Shows a diagnostic head pattern, with yellow forehead, green upper nape, and burgundy collar. Back, wings, and tail dark brown, with gray outer tail feathers. Underside grayish, with soft yellow wash on the breast. Juvenile browner, with rusty edges to feathers. Singles or pairs forage on the floor inside montane forest. Typically runs away rather than flying. Restricted to Sulawesi island, where no other similar species occur. Gives a deep hooting call, sometimes with a barely audible introductory note: “whooo-whooo” or “w-whooo-w-whooo.”

Large unmistakable toucan with a huge, rainbow-colored bill. Often seen in pairs, but not usually in groups like aracaris. Flies with a few flaps followed by a swooping glide, sometimes high over the forest canopy, and looks like a ‘flying banana.’ Heard more often than seen: ‘song’ is a far-carrying, frog-like croak, repeated steadily. Despite its large size and bright colors, can be difficult to see in leafy canopy, where it moves deliberately in search of food.

Entirely dark brown munia; widespread across Borneo’s lowlands and lower-elevation foothills. Frequently encountered in grassland, scrubby or weedy forest edge, and agricultural areas, particularly rice fields. Adult has a bright silver-gray bill and is darkest on the face and throat. Juvenile paler and more mottled, with a dark bill. Often calls while in flight; gives a tittering “chir-r-r-rip!”, as well as high, plaintive peeps and quiet “pip”s and “tsip”s.