Slaty-backed Thrush

A black tit with a mostly white wing and outer tail. The sexes are similar, but females are slightly duller and browner. Found in arid savanna and mopane woodland. Usually in pairs or small groups, which are loud and conspicuous. Call is a classic tit “chee-chi-chi-chi-chi,” raspy and often repeated. Overlaps very locally with the very similar Southern Black-Tit in northern Namibia. Carp’s Tit can be identified by its all-black rather than white-barred undertail, and by having more white in the wing.

A shy, stream-loving, finch-like bird of Andean cloud forest. Plumage is olive with a chestnut crown and gray face and throat. Sexes look alike. Single birds or pairs stay low in dark gullies and ravines, usually near running water but occasionally away from it. Sings a very high-pitched, squeaky song that can be heard over the roar of rushing torrents.

A large, spectacular ground bird of forest on Palawan with a fairly long tail and a crest. Female is entirely brown with a pale face. Male has a black body with blue marks on the wings, a grayish, finely speckled back and tail with blue peacock “eyes,” white marks on the face, and a red eye-ring. Female is somewhat similar to female Red Junglefowl, which has a reddish face and cocks its tail, and Tabon Scrubfowl, which has a much shorter tail. Calls include a harsh grating “skrark!” or sharp “skrik!”