Plain Pigeon

A graceful aerial feeder often found swooping for insects over pine woodlands or perched in tall snags. The Tree Swallow is rather similar, but has a blue-green rather than golden-green iridescence above. Also, the Tree Swallow has a less deeply forked tail and lacks the white on the side of neck that is present on the Golden Swallow. Vocalizations include a scratchy “chit-it” or “chit,” a sweet inflected “ch-yoy,” and various musical twitters.

Large ground-dwelling bird with powerful legs and long tail. Primarily gray-brown with reddish outer wing. Males have spectacular long tail comprising different feather types. The main “lyre” feathers bold barring while the other feathers are plain, thin, and wispy. Juveniles and females lack the longer tail feathers. This may cause confusion with Albert’s Lyrebird, but note range and color of underparts (cold and grayish in Superb). Superb Lyrebird is found in rainforest habitats in southeastern Australia, where it forages in leaf litter for food. It has a very powerful song and is known for mimicking other species.

A spectacular, long-tailed bright red parrot with purple-blue cheeks and throat, scattered blue markings on the wings, and a deep blue belly. Juveniles duller, showing less blue. Found primarily in montane forest, but also occurs in foothills. Typically seen in groups. Limited to the island of Seram. Differs from Red and Purple-naped Lories in its blue belly, extensive blue cheeks, and blue throat. Noisy, giving harsh shrieks mostly in flight, including repetitive “EEK” and “EE-ER” notes.