Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant

A tiny bird of forest canopy on the southeast islands of New Guinea. Medium gray above and pale gray below with whitish throat and yellowish belly. Large, bright red rump and small red crown patch. Male has glossy green wing and red chest patch. The female’s whitish throat extends to the chest. The only flowerpecker in range. Smaller and shorter-billed than a female Purple Sunbird. Song, a short, up-and-down, high-pitch melody.

Dark, rusty-brown bird of shady forest floors in humid evergreen forest of tropical foothills and highlands; often near gullies and streambeds, where digs its nest burrow into earth banks. Feeds by tossing leaves on the forest floor. Mostly seen as it flushes, when it flies off with loud “skweek” calls. Note the long slender bill, rich rusty throat and breast, and dark rusty rump. Listen for descending series of squeaky whistles. Widespread across much of South America, to southeast Brazil.

A plain brownish bulbul that is endemic to the bottom half of peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Ubiquitous inhabitant of scrubby habitat across its range and sometimes overlaps with Yellow-throated Bulbul in rocky scrub. Although both species have a yellow vent and can sound similar, White-browed can be distinguished by its brown face and white eyebrow. Usually occurs in pairs and tends to skulk in undergrowth. Rather noisy but uncommonly seen, listen for regular, short bursts of distinctive raucous babbling.