Nihoa Finch

Small bird with short, heavy bill. Green above, with a mainly yellow front except for a broad white belly strip. Has a bold black-and-white head pattern. Male has black chin, female dark greenish. Found in southwestern Western Australia. Inhabits eucalypt woodlands particularly those with smooth bark. Songs include a loud clear rising two-part whistle. Formerly treated as one of the geographically isolated subspecies of Crested Shrike-tit.

A long-tailed, boldly patterned nightjar with extensive gray markings on the upperparts, bold buff, black, and white markings, and a white throat. In flight, shows prominent white patches on outer wings and tail. Inhabits lowland forest, edge, scrub, and mangroves. Confined to Sulawesi and the Sula islands. Distinguished from the montane Diabolical Nightjar by its lowland habitat, paler plumage, extensive white in tail, and lack of a buff collar. Tail is longer than Savanna Nightjar’s. Gives a distinctive, explosive “tok-tok-toktrrtrr” call that speeds up, then decreases  in volume at the end.

A medium-sized warbler of moist montane dwarf forests where it feeds actively in dense canopy foliage. It is most readily distinguished from Black-and-white Warbler by the absence of white streaking on its back and the lack of a white eyebrow. Easily separated from Blackpoll Warblers, which have a white, not black cheek. Song is a thin trill, higher pitched during first half and lower pitched during the second. Call note is a high, thin “Peet.”