Marañon Thrush

An aerial feeder that is typically found over highland forests in flocks of up to forty birds; sometimes feeds at lower altitudes, particularly during inclement weather. Its stubby dark-gray body and rapid, shallow wingbeats eliminates all swallows. Short-tailed Swift is similar, but has a gray vent and gray rump, which contrasts more markedly against its dark body than Lesser Antillean Swift. Very rarely found when not flying. Call is a high, sharp twitter.

Large black bird with a vertically-fanned tail and massive strong legs and feet. Obvious red head. Male develops large yellow pendulous neck wattles (mauve in Cape York subspecies). Endemic resident of tropical rainforests along the eastern coast of Australia. It can be a common in cosmopolitan parks and gardens in places such as Cairns, Brisbane. Roosts at night very high up in trees. Builds large nest-mounds of leaves and mulch.

A medium-sized black-and-white hornbill. Males have a mostly red bill with a yellow or white tip; females have an all-black bill. Both sexes show a mostly black wing. Generally common in dry savanna, usually in pairs or small groups. Similar to Jackson’s and Northern Red-billed Hornbills, but separated from the former by the unspotted black wing and from the latter by the yellow-tipped (male) or all-black (female) bill. The call is a series of raspy clucks, often given as a duet by a pair.