White-crested Turaco

A black tit with a mostly white wing and white outer tail. The eyes are yellow. Found in rather moist types of savanna, both broadleaf and thorny, usually in pairs or small groups that are loud and conspicuous. Very similar to White-winged Black-Tit, and best separated by the yellow rather than dark eyes. Immatures can have dark eyes, but are usually associated with adults. Call is a classic tit “chee-chi-chi-chi-chi,” raspy and often repeated. The song usually consists of whistled phrases of 3-4 syllables repeated 2-3 times in a row; some songs are longer, without repetition, or contain some burry notes.

Glossy small black cuckoo with a forked tail. Juvenile has a galaxy-like smattering of white spots all over the body. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo has a less prominently-forked tail; note less difference in length of outermost tail feathers. Adults may be confused with drongos, but are lighter-billed and smaller, with distinctly white-barred undertail. Widespread, found in forests and scrubby plains from lowlands up into foothills and mountainous areas, but much more often heard than seen, typically sitting still in the middle and upper levels of forest; song is an extremely loud ascending series of whistles. Lays its eggs in the nests of babblers, bulbuls, and shrikes.

Small pale plover, typically found on sandy beaches. Occasionally visits estuaries, seawalls, and mudflats as well. Very similar in all plumages to Kentish Plover, with which it occasionally mixes. Male is sandy brown with a black collar, pale face, and a rufous-and-black crown. Thinner collar and eye-line than Kentish Plover. Female and juvenile are similarly brown with a white collar and face. All plumages have diagnostically pale-fringed feathers which give the bird a worn, faded-out appearance; molting Kentish Plover may appear worn but not in such a uniform manner.