Little Weaver

A fairly small, slim, long-tailed hornbill. Note the red bill, the pink or red bare facial skin, and the heavily spotted back. The eye is dark in most of the range, but birds in some parts of East Africa show a pale eye. White patches on the wing and outer tail are conspicuous in flight. Found in savanna and thornscrub. Similar to Western and Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbills, but separated from both by the pale rather than black bare skin around the eye. Call is a series of clucks that starts with single notes, then becomes louder and more emphatic, with doubled notes. 

A fairly small bird of forest from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains. Olive-green on the head, back, wings, and tail. Gray on the chest with a slightly streaked throat, a whitish belly, and pale yellow under the base of the tail. Note the fairly thick bill. Similar to Ashy-breasted Flycatcher, but smaller, with a thicker bill. Song is a typical whistler-like melody including some explosive, upslurred “whip!” or downslurred “piuu!” notes.

A black tit with a mostly white wing and white outer tail. The eyes are yellow. Found in rather moist types of savanna, both broadleaf and thorny, usually in pairs or small groups that are loud and conspicuous. Very similar to White-winged Black-Tit, and best separated by the yellow rather than dark eyes. Immatures can have dark eyes, but are usually associated with adults. Call is a classic tit “chee-chi-chi-chi-chi,” raspy and often repeated. The song usually consists of whistled phrases of 3-4 syllables repeated 2-3 times in a row; some songs are longer, without repetition, or contain some burry notes.