Timor Green-Pigeon

Medium-sized brown, heavily streaked seedeater. Note the streaked underparts and boldly marked face with a streaked crown, white eyebrow, and broad dark brown patch through the eye. Found in woodland habitats including miombo. Gives a pretty, musical up-and-down song of whistles and trills. Calls include a nasal rising “tsewee.” Similar to Black-eared Seedeater, but the ear markings are dark brown rather than black. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Reichard’s Seedeater.

Large forest hummingbird with long decurved bill and long tail. Rich buffy belly and rump, obvious pale eyebrow and mustache stripe. Elongated central tail feathers with white tips, like many other large hermits. Found in subtropical forest understory in the Andes from Colombia to northern Peru, usually from 1,500–2,300 m. Higher elevation than other hermits. Usually flies by quickly in the dark forest understory uttering a piercing “tseet!” call, occasionally stopping to feed at flowers, especially Heliconia. Rarely visits feeders.

A large, blackish, crow-like bird-of-paradise, endemic to Halmahera and adjacent smaller islands (not Obi and Bisa). Body is entirely blackish with paler, browner wings. Also often shows a thin line behind the eye. Shape is distinctive, with thin neck and small head with distinctive brow ridges. Juveniles are browner overall. Singles and pairs occupy canopy in forest, forest edge, and plantations in lowlands and hills. Brown cast to wings and head shape differentiate it from crows. In flight shows broad wings and an awkward, clumsy, hurried flight, unlike the slow flapping of crows. Calls include a hoarse “wek” and a high-pitched, nasal “we-huk.”