Stripe-throated Bulbul

Shy and infrequently seen, rather chunky dove of tropical forests and plantations in the lowlands and foothills. Walks stealthily on the forest floor singly or in pairs. Most often seen as it flushes explosively from underfoot or flies low across a quiet road or trail. Bright ruddy-colored male is distinctive. Female is brown overall with a trace of the male’s facial pattern and has a pale vertical bar on the sides of the breast. Females lack the white tail corners as seen on White-tipped Doves and related species.

A small olive songbird with a bold whitish eyebrow and eye-ring. Underparts dull yellow. Juveniles duller with an ill-defined eyebrow. Parties found within forest, forest edge, and nearby scrub in foothills and mountains, attending mixed-species flocks. Restricted to Flores and Sumbawa. Lacks a crest and has a uniformly-colored dark crown, unlike Dark-crowned White-eye, and also shows a longer pale brow and a duller yellow underside. Song is a short, high-pitched warble. Calls include repetitive “pew-pew-pew” and wobbly “chlew” 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.