Gray-headed Parakeet

A tiny desert passerine that is active, bold, and noisy. Overall pale sandy-gray. Middle Eastern populations are grayer and have a more prominent facial pattern than North African populations. Favors desert wadis but also bush-strewn desert plains. Hops on the ground or in bushes with its long black-tipped tail spread and cocked up. Moves around in pairs or small groups, uttering noisy trills and a bi-syllabilic melancholic whistled “see-suu…” Similar to Graceful Prinia, but favors more arid habitats.

Medium-sized foliage-gleaner with a prominent buff eyebrow and a strong wedge-shaped bill. Olive-brown above, including the cap, with a rufous tail. Note the buffy-yellow eyebrow throat, and streaking on the face, breast, and belly. Found in montane forests and second growth where it forages mostly in the understory, searching for food in dead leaf clusters. Regularly given contact call is an insectlike “tsip.”

Distinctive, small, short-tailed thrush-like bird. Males are strikingly beautiful with bright blue-gray head, white back patch, and chestnut underparts. Females are reddish-brown and have a scaly appearance, with a tail pattern similar to males. Breeds on rocky mountain slopes and alpine meadows, usually above 1,500 m (5,000 ft). Usually shy but may be obvious when delivering its melodic Eurasian Blackbird-like song in flight.