Gould's Shortwing

A striking black-and-white, heavy-billed flycatcher-like songbird confined to Boano Island. Black above, with black head and throat, white collar, and all-white underparts. Note broad white outer tail feathers. Juveniles gray above with buffy underside. Pairs or singles join mixed-species flocks in understory of lowland forest and forest edge. The species lacks a strong peach collar and wash on the breast, unlike Spectacled Monarch. Song is a level-pitched whistle, “sweee,” sometimes followed by a buzzing trill. Also gives harsh, rasping “grrrt” alarm notes and twittering phrases.

Brown parrot with yellow belly, red undertail, and blue face, found in dry woodland habitats of the extreme southeastern part of Western Australia, on the western fringe of the Nullarbor Plain. In flight, the blue wings and red shoulders contrast with pale brown back; lacks the bright green back of other desert parrots. Identify from the very similar Greater Bluebonnet by a completely yellow belly and also by range.

A dark ducklike waterbird with blue-green eyes, a rounded head, a sloping forehead, and a long and slender bill that is sharply hooked at the tip. Adults are black, immatures are brownish with white underparts. Like all cormorants, frequently seen swimming with its body low in the water, head and neck pointing upward, and suddenly disappearing underwater to catch fish. Often perches upright on a rock, drying itself with outstretched wings. Seen in small groups, fishing communally in inland water bodies. Similar to Little Cormorant, but note the slightly larger size and shape of the head, flat on Little Cormorant and rounded on Indian Cormorant. Indian Cormorant is smaller and slimmer than Great Cormorant.