Seven-colored Tanager

Shy skulker with golden wings and a long golden tail. Eastern populations in China have a gray head and orange crown, while western populations in far northeastern India and Myanmar have a dark rusty head. Forages on the ground in small flocks in dense brushy understory, sometimes with other laughingthrushes. Song is a repetitive series of inflected notes, including a wolf-whistle-like “whi’wi’er-wee!” and a shorter “whi’wi’eeer!”

A well-marked apalis with dark upperparts, white underparts, and a long tail with white tips. There is considerable geographical variation; the darkness of the upperparts ranges from black to olive-gray; the length of the tail varies; and a buff wash on the throat may be present or absent. Throughout the range, females have paler upperparts than males. Found in humid forest and lush scrub at middle elevations. Can be confused with other apalises, but readily identified by a combination of range, vocalizations, strongly contrasting plumage, and the white tips (rather than clean edges) of the tail. The song can be a repeated single “swit” or a series of more complex two-note or three-note phrases. 

Medium-sized sunbird in which males are colorful, green and red, and females drab brownish. Males have yellow shoulder tufts that are usually hidden. Found in montane forest clearings and edge, scrub, and gardens. The call is a harsh “jeet” and the song a quick explosion of high-pitched notes. Very similar to Eastern Double-collared and Olive-bellied Sunbirds, but males separated by the purple border above the red chest band. Female hard to separate from Eastern Double-collared, but can be separated from Olive-bellied by its lack of a pale eye-stripe. Also similar to Stuhlmann’s Sunbird, but smaller overall, with a shorter tail and bill.