Southern Scrub-Flycatcher

Eye-searingly bright woodpecker decked out in primary colors. Combination of black face, pale eyes, yellow throat, green wings, bright red rump, and white belly is unmistakable. Males also have a bright red crown patch. Prefers dry deciduous and coniferous forests, usually in the lowlands and foothills. Moves about in small noisy bands. Song is a rollicking, rhythmic series of rather dry, husky yelps, somewhat reminiscent of chickens or deranged laughing, that often starts up seemingly out of nowhere.

Elusive brown skulker with a pale throat and gray face. Dark edges to its back and crown feathers give it a scaly-looking quality. Forages on ground and in undergrowth, almost always under heavy cover and rarely emerging into the open. Extremely similar in appearance to Pale-throated, Chin Hills, and Long-tailed wren-babblers, but no range overlap. Song is a long ascending trill with a stuttering, bubbly quality to it.

Sadly, despite the name, not an ocean-going flycatcher; instead, this is a species of forest and forest edge habitats on Micronesia’s Chuuk Islands. Combination of bluish-gray head, pale orange throat and breast, brown-tinged wings, and slightly peaked head is unique on the islands. “Flycatches” from a perch, often close to the ground. Gives a variety of vocalizations, including a series of cheerful rising whistles, a repetitive squeaky series, a descending chatter, and hoarse meows.