Sulphur-throated Finch

A tiny honeyeater of mid-montane forest canopy and villages. Brown with a whitish belly and fairly short curved bill. Female has just a reddish smudge in the base of the bill and male a scarlet hood and rump with black wings and back. Male is unmistakable. Female is similar to other species, but smaller and only has red on the chin. Similar size to a flowerpecker, but Elfin has a longer, more curved bill. Song, a whistled “chew chew-daloo” and call a simple “tsip”.

A small swift with short square tail (rounded when spread), a relatively large head, black upperparts, and a white rump patch. It has a distinctive wing shape with a hooked outer wing and a bulging mid-wing that is pinched at the base. Underparts grade from a brown-gray throat to a pure white belly without any sharp demarcation. Spines on the tail are minute and hard to discern in the field. Flight action, with rapid wingbeats and short glides, is different from that of Little Swift. Mostly seen in flocks, sticking to woodlands and hills, though it descends to the adjoining plains just after showers. 

A small gray-and white songbird with a black mask and chin and a bright white undertail. Upperparts slate-gray and underparts clean white. Very local, restricted to the island of Flores. Found singly or in pairs in the understory of forested hills, where it often joins mixed-species flocks. Lack of peach wash on the breast separates it from Spectacled Monarch. Song is a series of repeated “weee-weee-weee-weee” notes, with a rise in pitch near the end. Also gives scratchy “churr” notes.