Enggano Thrush

Deep purplish-red broadbill with bold yellow patches on the wings and tail. Broad-based bill and irises are bright blue. Female is slightly duller than the male, and lacks a black line across the chest. Favors riparian and wet forests from the lowlands up into montane areas, and will visit edges, gardens, and parks. Forages in the canopy, often flying from a perch to do so. More vocal than Black-and-yellow Broadbill, giving long, drawn-out whistles and buzzing trills.

Rusty edges to feathers and pale eyebrow in winter contrast with blackish feather bases. Breeding males are glossy black. Shorter tail than Common Grackle. Thinner bill than Red-winged Blackbird. Found in wooded swamps. Often in flocks; frequently mixes with Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackle in winter. Look for flocks perched at tops of trees bordering marshes and listen for their calls to help pick them out from large flocks of blackbirds.

A stout-billed flycatcher with brown upperparts, rufous tail and wings, and white underside, with subtle darker streaks on the breast. Inhabits forests in the lower foothills and mountains. No similar flycatchers in its limited range on the island of Buru. Note whitish underside, faint breast streaking, and relatively broad bill for a flycatcher. Gives a slow, deliberate whistled song with around twenty clear fluty notes that only slightly fluctuate in pitch.