Worstbird

Stocky, rather small, quail-like bird of the Andes. Favors open rocky slopes, stony plains, and adjacent bogs. Found in pairs or small groups. Male has hooting song given from low mounds or fence posts and during display flight. Flight is strong and fast; flushes with loud bleating chatters. Similar Least Seedsnipe is smaller, favors sandier and grassier habitats, and often occurs in lowlands. Note plain gray breast of male Gray-breasted unlike the black Y pattern present on Least Seedsnipe.

Beautifully vivid turquoise-blue flycatcher. Adult male has dark lores. Juvenile is duller, with noticeably grayer underparts. Sits upright on exposed perches. Found in lowland and hill forests and forest edges. Song is high and undulating phrase of burry or trilled notes. Most common call is a strident “wheet!”

A small, dainty, pinkish-fawn, ground-dwelling dove with an all-dark bill and two rows of iridescent green spots on the wing. In flight it reveals bright rufous wings and three gray bands: two across the back and one across the tail. A common but inconspicuous resident of drier savanna and thickets. Melancholic song is similar to that of other wood-doves. The similar Blue-spotted Wood-Dove differs by having a reddish bill with yellow tip, by having iridescent blue spots on the wing, and by preferring moister wooded habitats.

A small green-backed songbird with a broad black eye patch, a yellow throat and base to undertail, and a white belly. Pairs and small groups can be found in the understory and canopy of forest, forest edge, and scrubby areas in both lowlands and foothills. Restricted to South Sulawesi. Separated from Warbling and Lemon-bellied White-eyes by the lack of an eye patch and the absence of a white eye-ring. Sings a short, clipped twittering song: “chewerchiwitchiwitchiwitwiteroo.” Also gives trilling calls and single “chew” notes.

A large dark raptor. In flight it shows a very short stubby tail, and has large pale wing panels. Holds wings up high in a slight V-shape while soaring. Typically a species of inland deserts, it occasionally wanders closer to the coast.