Hooded Monarch

A plain brownish bulbul that is endemic to the bottom half of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Ubiquitous inhabitant of scrubby habitat across its range and sometimes overlaps with Yellow-throated Bulbul in rocky scrub. Although both species have a yellow vent and can sound similar, White-browed can be distinguished by its brown face and white eyebrow. Usually occurs in pairs and tends to skulk in undergrowth. Rather noisy but uncommonly seen, listen for regular, short bursts of distinctive raucous babbling.

Magnificent dark antshrike of mature upland rainforest. Has a large head with a crest and strongly hooked bill. Males are slaty gray with fine black barring; females are tawny orange with fine black barring. Larger than most other antshrikes and antbirds in its range. Forages singly or in pairs in open understory, and seems to be somewhat rare throughout its range. Its song is a gradually rising series of low whistles given at a steady pace.

A spectacular ground-dwelling forest bird with a plump short-tailed body, extremely long legs, a bold red belly, a broad blue chest band, a reddish top to the black head, and green upperparts. Females yellow-eyed, males dark-eyed. Singles forage on forest floor or perch in the understory, especially when calling. Restricted to lowland forest on the Banggai and Sula Islands, where it is unmistakable. Song is typical of the genus: a two-part tremulous whistle, rising on the first part, and falling mournfully on the last part: “waaaaaaaaop-aaaaaaaawow.”