Anianiau

This sparrow-sized rail moves like a ghost through grassy meadows and wetlands. Prefers to run instead of fly, but white wing patches are unmistakable if seen. Flight is weak with dangling legs, drops into cover quickly. Belly is white with brown bars on the sides and upperparts are darker brown with fine white stripes. Voice is the only way to detect this species; its repertoire is varied, with grunts, squeals, and tapping notes.

A slender lark with a sharp, straight dagger-like bill, long legs, a pale eyebrow, and a long dark tail with contrasting white outer tail feathers. Upperparts are rusty with whitish feather edging, giving it a scaly appearance. Underparts are whitish with rusty streaks across the chest. Endemic to Somalia in open grassland and lightly wooded areas, often on red sand, where pairs run extensively and fly only short distances. Vocalizations undescribed. Russet Lark is similar to Somali Lark, but has a more robust bill, shorter tail, richer rusty upperparts and buff (not white) outer tail feathers; Lesser Hoopoe-Lark is plain and pale.

Typical white-eye; greenish above and grayish below with broad white spectacles around the eyes. Darker gray belly and more extensive yellow on the belly than in the marginally smaller Oriental White-eye. Inhabits foothill and montane forest edges, gardens, and secondary growth, occasionally around human habitation. Gregarious, often foraging in large flocks, both single-species and mixed. Moves through the upper levels of forest, though can descend into middle and lower levels in edge. Song consists of repetitive twittering; also gives whistles and buzzy notes while in flight and when foraging.