Spot-throat

A medium-sized bird of low- to mid-elevation montane forest and edge on Mindanao. Overall pale brown with a slightly paler belly, a black face, crown, tail, bottom half of the wing, and shoulder patch, a white rump, and a prominent white cheek. Note the thick black bill. Feeds on berries and flowers and joins mixed-species flocks in the non-breeding season. No similar birds occur in its range. Voice includes medium-pitched clear, downslurred piping calls, “piuu! piuu,” sometimes with a flat first note: “piii! piuu!”

Dull brown babbler with yellowish-tinged underparts, a faintly gray face, and a warmer orange-brown crown. Throat and chest are faintly streaked, but not as evident as that of the very similar Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, from which Gray-faced can also be distinguished by its grayer face and less contrast between the more warmly-colored crown and duller upperparts. Forages in noisy flocks in the middle and lower levels of the forest. Ranges from lowlands up into the foothills. Mellow-sounding song contrasts with rather nasal, chattering calls.

Small songbird with short, fine bill. Male blackish above, pale with fine, faint barring below, bold white wingbars, thin white eyebrow, and pale orange undertail. Female and immature similar in pattern, with paler upperparts. Inhabits tropical and subtropical rainforest, mangroves, and gardens, foraging in pairs or small flocks in the lower to mid-story. Song is a loud trilling.