Beautiful Fruit-Dove

Breeding male’s trail long streamers are almost double the length of his body. Tenggara males are very overwhelmingly white; rufous morphs are rare. Note male’s black head, triangular crest, and blue eyering. Females are rufous with a dark head, gray breast, and pale belly, sometimes with a slight tan wash. Inhabits evergreen broadleaf forest and forest edge, including secondary growth, gardens, and plantations, in lowlands and foothills. Song is a series of fast, ringing whistles; calls are nasal rasping notes. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher.

Small, spunky wren with boldly patterned plumage. Look for dark cap, bright white eyebrow, and black-and-white stripes on back. Compared with similar Sedge Wren, Marsh is overall darker and more contrasty; especially note the solid brown shoulder patch and unstreaked crown. Habitat is also a good clue for identifying this wren: rarely strays far from water, especially extensive cattail marshes and rushes. Migrants are occasionally seen in wet weedy fields. Often difficult to see well as it skulks through reeds, but often perches conspicuously when singing. Variable song usually a gurgling trill with some introductory notes.

A large, long-necked, long-tailed dove with a dark rufous-brown back, wings, and tail that are extensively barred. Paler rufous on the head and buffier below, with extensive barring in male birds, though female and juvenile birds are only faintly barred or lack barring below. Singles, pairs, and groups occur within canopy of forest and forest edge in the lowlands and foothills. Unlike Little Cuckoo-Dove, the larger Timor Cuckoo-Dove shows noticeable barring above (and below in males). Gives a short, three-note burry call, rising at first, then falling on last notes: “whoOP-woo-hoo.”