Red-faced Barbet

Handsome but scarce large owl of tropical lowland forest and edge. Found in forests, plantations, gardens, and towns. Mainly roosts high in trees during the day, but sometimes roosts in rather open situations. At night it hunts mainly at higher levels, but sometimes can be found pursuing bats under streetlights. Note the bright yellow bill and feet and boldly patterned black-and-white plumage. Varied hooting calls often end with an emphatic note.

Small finch of grassy woodlands. Mostly brown (darker above), with a gray head, black throat, black bill, and white undertail. Black tail relatively short and rounded. Masked Finch has longer, pointed tail, yellow bill, and brown head. Feeds in grasses or on the ground, sometimes in large flocks, mixed with other species. Call is a long descending whistle.

A distinctive and attractive flycatcher that is endemic to Grand Comoro. Dark brown on the upperparts and heavily streaked below, with a yellow bill and feet and white wingbars. Found at the middle levels of montane forest at middle and high elevations. Often flicks the wings and tail. No similar flycatchers occur in its small range. The vocalizations are a high, descending whistle and a short, spitting trill. The two calls are often alternated.