Fanti Sawwing

A large pigeon with a green back, gray underparts, a darker gray head, and a bold white eye-ring. Juveniles are merely duller versions of adults. A bird of lowlands and hills, found within the canopy of forest and forest edge, normally in singles, pairs, or small groups where fruiting trees are present. Routinely heard call is a descending series of six deep hooting notes: “hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot-hoot.”

A mid-sized brown barbet with pale yellow covering the head and chin. Immature is duller than the adult, with some yellow facial skin and pale coloration on the bill. Has a paler head, smaller wing patches and higher-pitched call than the similar Whyte’s Barbet. It is a low-density resident in Miombo (Brachystegia) woodland, favoring riverine areas with fruiting fig and sugar plum trees. Song a nasal “hooo-hooo-hooo” which often reveals its presence.

Small brown finch of open highland steppes on the Tibetan plateau. Male has short but prominent black mustache and a dark bill. Female lacks the mustache, but has an orange bill and a pale white eyebrow stripe faintly resembling that of female and immature House Sparrows. Flashing white wing patches are only prominent when in flight. Confusingly, the Black-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi) is occasionally referred to as the Tibetan Snowfinch in older field guides.