Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Long-tailed brownish warbler. White below with clean dark barring. Found in broadleaf woodland: miombo, mopane, and Zambezi teak. Usually found in pairs or small groups. Often raises its tail in wren-like fashion. The song consists of three metallic notes, often repeated, reminiscent of a telephone ringtone. Similar to Barred Wren-Warbler, but found in different habitat, and the dark barring on the underparts contrasts more strongly with the white base color.

A gray-and-white songbird  with a diagnostic head pattern. Dark olive above and clean white below, with dark cheeks that contrast with the conspicuous pale eye and a white forehead bleeding into dark speckles on the crown. Juveniles show a plain buff forehead and crown. Found singly or in pairs in understory of forest and forest edge in lowlands and foothills, frequenting mixed-species flocks. Confined to the Lesser Sundas. Calls include soft “chup” and weak “pew” notes. Striking, melodious warbling song is punctuated with repeated clear trills and staccato “wit-wit-wit” phrases.

Lime-green woodpecker with a gray face and finely scaled underparts. Crown is blood red in males and black in females. Streak-breasted Woodpecker is extremely similar, but has pale eyes, denser streaking, and a thinner pale moustache stripe. Laced Woodpecker is also similarly colored, but has less streaking on the underparts and a warm yellowish suffusion to the green on the neck. Compare streaked underparts with clean throat and breast of Scaly-bellied Woodpecker. Streak-throated inhabits open forest from lowlands up into the foothills, usually in drier areas.