Macgregor's Honeyeater

Unusual and distinctive paradise-flycatcher. Adult males are completely glossy blue-black with extremely long tail streamers. Female has a black head, rufous upperparts, and white underparts, and lacks tail streamers. Both sexes have a blue ring of bare skin around the eye. Endemic to the Seychelles, where it is found mainly on the islands of La Digue and Denis. Habitat is thick indigenous woodland. A restless, active bird of middle levels of the forest. Calls include a tearing “shreeet” and an agitated twittering. The song is a long, musical, slightly descending series of “twee” notes. 

Rotund, medium-sized black starling with yellow wattles on the nape, a stout, bicolored bill, and white flashes in the wing. Typically in small groups in the canopy of hill forest, and nearby gardens and woods. Note dark-based, bicolored bill, and only two wattles restricted to the nape, unlike similar Southern Hill Myna. Calls include a strident, downslurred “chewp”, given once or repeatedly, shorter in length than Southern Hill Myna. Also gives various rasping notes.

A tiny, brightly colored bird with a sharp bill. The back is olive-green, the wing blackish with white fringes, and the underparts yellow. Local and uncommon in savanna, ranging from moist Guinea savanna to dry thorn savanna. Usually in pairs or small flocks. Similar to Sennar and Forest Penduline-Tits, but much brighter: yellow rather than buffy below, and with white edges on the wing feathers. Vocalizations include a series of whistles in an up-and-down pattern and a quick series of buzzy notes.