Black-capped White-eye

A large, rare, ground bird from scattered areas of foothill and lower montane limestone forest. All black plumage with long legs, strong bill, long tail and some bare facial behind the eye. Juvenile has a brown belly. Very secretive and keeps to dense cover. The only large, black, terrestrial bird. More often heard than seen. Voice, a loud, repetitive “choo-oowit!”.

Brown hornbill with a white belly and a yellow-and-orange bill. The white outer tail feathers and wing patches are conspicuous in flight. Found in arid savanna. Usually solitary or in pairs; sometimes in small flocks. Call is a series of clucking notes that accelerates and becomes louder. Fairly similar to Bradfield’s Hornbill, but has white in the wings, much more white in the tail, and a yellow base to the bill.

Plain, warbler-like tetraka with a bold white eye-stripe. Madagascar endemic that is found in low and middle-elevation rainforest. Feeds in the mid-story and canopy, and sings from an exposed perch, often alongside a Stripe-throated Jery. Song is a loose, decelerating trill. Similar to Cryptic Warbler, but eye-stripe is bolder, and color of the upperparts is gray. Larger than jeries, with gray upperparts, and no streaks on the throat. Much paler than Wedge-tailed Tetraka, with a white eye-stripe rather than a gray ear patch.