Black-throated Tody-Tyrant

A large owlet-nightjar found very locally in the forests of low hills. Bright rufous with 3 vertical bands on the underparts. Prominent white eyebrows and spiky whiskers. Slender and perches upright in the midstory. Split from the similar Feline Owlet-Nightjar with which it does not co-occur. Starry Owlet-Nightjar is smaller with thinner white bands on the underparts. Voice, a raspy, 3 to 4-note series “gew! gok-gak!” with the first notes lower, the last 2 closer together and almost the same pitch.

Tiny and active sunbird of forest edges and open woodlands, endemic to Palawan. Male is olive-gray above, with an extensive iridescent blue-black throat, an orange breast patch, and a pale yellow belly. Female is olive above, with a bright yellow eyebrow and underparts; compare with the smaller and duller female Lovely Sunbird, as well as the larger and duller Brown-throated Sunbird. In both sexes, note white tail edges that are flared out in flight. Gives a bright, fizzy song and rising “weet?” notes. Formerly grouped with other, closely related species under “Olive-backed Sunbird.”

Gadfly petrel of medium size. Dark gray upperparts and white below with a diagonal black bar from the edge of the wing to the black base of the underwing. Has a black bill, a dark eye-patch, and pink legs and feet. Breeds only on the Chatham Islands, but can forage up 3000 km offshore. Migrates to deep waters off the South American coast. Distinguished from Black-winged Petrel by the reduced black bar on the underwing; Mottled Petrel is similar but larger, with a dark belly, lacking the diagonal bar on the wing.