Henderson Island Crake

A medium-sized honeyeater of montane forest and edge on the Bird’s Head of New Guinea. Dark gray with a black head and chest. White streaking from the upper belly gets broader, to all pale in the base of the tail. The most prominent feature is the large yellow patch of bare facial skin centered around the eye. No other co-occuring honeyeaters have this color and shape facial patch. Call, a long croaking whistle “Wuueeeeeeuuuuu!” first rising then falling back down.

A medium-sized bird of foothill forest and edge as well as more open wooded areas. Fairly large for a bulbul. Dark brown above with a pale belly and a warm brown chest and throat with pale streaking. Note brown cheek and black crown that can be raised into a spiky crest. Similar to Philippine Bulbul, but larger, with a longer bill, a black crown, and a paler throat and chest. Voice consists of rather unpleasant grating chatters and harsh downslurred squeals.

Medium-sized antshrike. Males have black-and-white barring on the breast and tail and a black crown that fades to gray on the back. Females have pale cinnamon underparts, a rusty crown and tail, and gray cheeks. Both males and females have rusty wings. Inhabits the understory of savanna woodlands, thickets, and scrub. The song is loud with a series of accelerating notes.