Wallace's Hanging-Parrot

A medium-sized bird of montane forest canopy. Male has a yellow belly, black upperparts and bib, and orange flight feathers. Note the 2 outlandishly long, antennalike feathers protruding from the side of the head. Female has gray-brown upperparts and whitish underparts with dark scaling. Male is unmistakable. Female is somewhat similar to female lophorinas and parotias, but is distinctly smaller and grayer with buffy under the base of the tail. Voice, a weird, insectlike, continuous rattle sounding rather like radio static. Sometimes given while waving its long head feathers about in its courtship display and bouncing up and down.

Small swallow of tropical lowlands. Usually near water, from mangroves and coastal lagoons to rivers well inland; mainly in small groups, often mixed with other species of swallows. In its range, the big white rump patch is distinctive. Adult is metallic blue above with small white chevron across base of bill; gleaming white below. Juvenile has dusky gray-brown upperparts with white rump, looks like adult by early winter.

Well-marked treecreeper with a tiny bill, warm brown upperparts, and a dark brown ear patch on a white face. Warm rusty tones on the sides contrast sharply with a clean white throat and may meld into dark upperparts at a distance. Resembles Hodgson’s Treecreeper, but has a straighter- and shorter-billed profile and warm tones on the sides. Like other treecreepers, forages by scaling trees and branches, often in flocks with other species.