Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

Medium-sized black-and-white woodpecker with a dirty-yellow breast overlaid with fine black streaking. Male has a brilliant red crown extending from above the eye to the back of the neck. Similar Freckle-breasted Woodpecker has less warm-colored underparts and is considerably smaller. Stripe-breasted inhabits open forests, edges, gardens, and plantations from lowlands up into the mountains. Gives high-pitched sharp notes and long rattles; voice is generally higher-pitched than in other similar species. Joins mixed-species foraging flocks.

Brightly-colored male has a bright golden belly, a black chest band and head, and a clean white throat. He appears to have a black “shawl” with golden wings and a black tail. Female is considerably duller, being olive-brownish above and yellow below, with a pale throat and brown breast. Endemic to a handful of islands in the southeastern Solomons, where it is found in most island habitats, though avoids villages. Voice includes a sequence of sparsely spaced, thin, uninspired whistles. Formerly grouped with Vanikoro Whistler and Utupua Whistler under “Temotu Whistler.”

Tiny and faded-looking bird with long pointed bill and slender tail. Head gray with blackish forehead; upperparts greenish and underparts pale yellow; tail black. Common, alone or in pairs in arid regions with scrub or forest. Distinguished from similar Common Tody-Flycatcher by paler, more faded coloration and whitish mark above lores. Endemic to arid regions of northwestern Venezuela.