Green-backed Tit

Handsome small seabird of Humboldt Current; not seen from shore, but breeds inland in Atacama Desert where it visits colonies at night to avoid predators. Plumage unlike all other storm-petrels, with black cap and collar, and white underparts contrasting with dark underwings. Upperparts also striking, with black cap, strong upperwing pattern, and gray tail (no contrasting white rump). Larger than most storm-petrels in its range, but size similar to Markham’s and Black Storm-Petrels, with which it readily associates.

A boldly patterned terrestrial brown thrush. Upperparts brown with a particularly rich rufous back and tail, striking white spots on the wings, a fawn-colored throat and chest, and a boldly scaled whitish belly. Inhabits both forest and scrub, where typically observed foraging on the ground alone. Confined to the Tanimbar Islands. Readily identified, as it is the only brown thrush in the islands. Song comprises a sequence of piping and whistled notes. Call is a short “tsit.”

Distinctive small flycatcher of montane forest from 2,800–3,500 m, occasionally lower in some places. Namesake white throat is quite conspicuous and often looks slightly puffed out. Note dark wings with obvious wingbars (distinctively cinnamon in some parts of range, but whitish in other places) and long tail and upright posture. Fairly common; pairs or small groups are usually conspicuous in mixed-species flocks at the edge of forest and in scrubby habitats.