Pitcairn Reed Warbler

Medium-sized, fairly common chickenlike marsh bird found in meadows, ditches, riversides, marshes, as well as parks and farmlands in close proximity to humans; often seen foraging in the open. Adults are dark slaty above and white below, with a rusty patch under the tail. Juvenile similar but duller in color. Remarkably variable song is a series of hooting, grunting, or rasping notes or phrases, repeated monotonously, often from an exposed perch.

A beautiful and distinctive robin-chat with a white head, orange underparts, and a brown back. The very long tail has a dark center and broad orange sides. A scarce bird that is only known from a few Central African sites. Found in the dense undergrowth of gallery rainforest. Often follows ant columns. The song is a complex, variable, and musical mix of whistles and other types of notes. The call is a plaintive rising whistle. 

The only penguin regularly found within its range. A pudgy, flightless, black-and-white seabird with wings modified into flippers. Uncommon and declining, but still easily seen at well-known breeding colonies. It is extremely ungainly on land but is a supreme swimmer in the open ocean, where individuals dive down as far as 60 m in pursuit of small schooling fish. Juveniles are covered in flufflike down, and immatures have a white throat and frequently look scruffy as they molt. Call is a repeated, donkey-like braying: “haaaaaaahh, haaaaaaahh”.