Pale-billed Parrotbill

A distinctive gray thrush found in montane forests below around 2,000 m from Peru to Argentina. Males are medium-gray above and paler gray below with a darker head, lightly streaked throat, and a yellow bill and eyering. Females are browner overall. Usually seen in the middle to upper levels of forest, often at a fruiting tree. The song is quite different from other thrushes with high-pitched notes interspersed with more melodic ones.

A huge, distinctive all-dark flightless forest rail with a powerful red bill and red legs. Restricted to the island of Halmahera in the North Moluccas, where it occurs in swampy areas within forest, especially sago swamps. Very shy, roaming the forest floor singly or in pairs. Calls include deep drumming noises, and a racket of loud “WAK-WAK-WAK” notes repeated in an agitated-sounding series. Also gives quieter clucking notes.

A fairly large, common raptor of forest and more open wooded areas from the lowlands to the lower mountains. Dark brown with white speckles on the crown and upperparts, rufous-brown below with large white spots. Note the gray cheek and yellow eye. Differs from other raptors in its range by its bare yellow skin between the bill and eye, and in flight by its dark terminal band to the wings and tail. Often gives a whistled “weeeeeuuuu weu weu” in flight, or sometimes just a single note.