Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Relatively colorful, mid-sized, long-tailed cisticola. Note the brown back with thick black streaks, rufous on the wing and cap, and pale underparts. The base color of the back is gray in breeding plumage and rufous in non-breeding plumage. Found in wetland habitats, especially wet scrub. The song is a few “pleek” calls followed by several lower “chek” notes. Very similar to Chirping Cisticola, and best separated by song. Visually, Luapula Cisticola is slightly smaller, the tail is grayer, and the rufous crown and wing patch are brighter.

Small flycatcher with gray cap, black ear patch, and buffy wingbars. Head pattern looks messy. Olive back and pale yellow belly. Most similar to Sepia-capped Flycatcher, but that species has a brown cap (not gray). Also very similar to bristle-tyrants of South America but note buffy wingbars and voice—a commonly heard, explosive “pseek!” sometimes with a sputtering trill at the end. Look for singles or pairs in forests and edges, usually not too high in the trees. Often follows mixed-species flocks.

A fairly small honeyeater of mid-montane forest canopy. Slender bill, small yellow ear spot and slightly mottled underparts. Usually the only species of this group present, although overlaps slightly at the lower end of its altitudinal range with Mimic, Spot-breasted and Yellow-gaped, but Mountain is smaller with a smaller ear spot. It has less mottling than Spot-breasted but more than the others. Voice, a single whistle “piiiii!” and a “chup!”.