Jelski's Chat-Tyrant

Slim, long-tailed, pretty waxbill. The upperparts are pale brown and the underparts and tail blue. Males have a distinctive magenta mark on the cheek. Generally common in a wide variety of open habitat, including dry thornscrub, all types of savanna, villages, and cultivation. Usually in pairs or small flocks. The common call is a high-pitched “tsee-tsee.” In the area of overlap, females are very difficult to separate from Southern Cordonbleu. They tend to show more extensive brown on the cheek, but are most safely identified by association with red-cheeked males.

Chunky gray songbird with a heavy black bill found in dry forest and bushland in parts of semi-arid southern Australia. Male has pale orange throat that extends above bill, gray breast, and paler belly. Female similar, but plumage tones more muted and paler. Compare Gilbert’s Whistler, which is darker in front of the eye, and the orange chin does not extend above the bill. Many different calls, including a repeated "chew-chew-chew-chew," a Rufous-Whistler-like "eee-chong," and other tuneful whistles.

Endemic to New Zealand. Uniformly slate-blue duck with chestnut spotting on the breast. Bill is pale pink with a black tip. Males larger than females, with more breast spotting and more prominent green iridescence on the head, neck, and back. Found on clear, fast-flowing mountain streams. The Maori name, whio, is derived from the male’s high-pitched, wheezy whistle. Female’s call is a low rasping growl, often in response to disturbance. Readily distinguished from Pacific Black Duck or Mallard by uniform coloration and, if on the water, prominent tail tilted upward and head held erect.