Mrs. Moreau's Warbler

An unmistakable, boldly patterned sparrow confined to the eastern Lesser Sundas. A brown songbird with a black cap, a black throat, and a bold white cheek patch. Has a brown chest band above cream-colored underparts, and a silvery-gray bill. Juvenile shows indistinct buff eyebrow, white throat, and reduced face patch. Flocks occur in a variety of open country habitats including scrub, farmland, and sparsely wooded areas, avoiding dense forest. Often mixes with other local finches. Gives a variety of chattering “chip” and “chup” notes characteristic of sparrows.

Medium-sized swift with erratic flight. Note the dark underparts and white rump patch, which separate it from other spinetails. Seen on the wing over moist savannah, woodland, and gallery forest. Often in areas with baobabs, which are a favored nesting site. Usually solo or in pairs. Similar in appearance to Little Swift, but Mottled Spinetail shows a pale band across the bottom of the belly, and flies more weakly, with the wings pushed forwards.

A small, localized bird of montane forest in eastern Mindanao. Has a long, curved bill, an olive back, an orange mark in the middle of the chest and a bluish tail with white tips. Male has an iridescent blue crown, cheek, and wing, a green shoulder and rump, yellow underparts, and a small orange patch in front of the shoulder. Female has faint streaking on the underparts, a gray head, and golden-olive wings. Similar to Metallic-winged Sunbird, but male has a blue wing and female a gray head. Voice includes a high-pitched jumbled song, a series of sharp “chik!” notes, and an upslurred high-pitched whistle.