Socotra Starling

Compact, robust, and big-headed warbler. Males are striking with a black hood contrasting with whitish throat, gray back, and red eyering. Females duller with a gray hood, white throat, and buff body. Common in many typical Mediterranean habitats including tall bushes, open woodlands, gardens, coastal scrub, and plantations; also in oases, acacia woodlands, and scrubby desert in non-breeding range. Usually first detected by its song, a fast, angry-sounding rattling "ctret-tret-tret-tret-tret" or "tetwtweer-tik-tik-tik" with whispering in between. The call is a dry "tseck."

Small, drab forest bird. Note plain appearance and contrasting rufous belly. A widespread inhabitant of forest understory, but infrequently seen. Feeds on fruit and may associate with manakins at fruiting shrubs; also takes insects and follows mixed-species flocks. Very similar to Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, but is generally darker, lacks any pale edging on wings, and is less common in second-growth and disturbed habitats. Seldom heard except at leks.

Small flycatcher of rainforest canopy. Dull greenish yellow, with brighter yellow wing edging and a grayish head. Subtle black eyeline with white arcs above and below the eye create a faint facial pattern. Compared to the similar Gray-crowned Flycatcher, is smaller, with much smaller bill, and often has a dark eye. Listen for its song, a short accelerating series of musical notes, and its call, a liquid “duit” similar to the calls of several other species, like Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin.