Seram Honeyeater Lichmera monticola

A drab brown sparrow-sized songbird with a downcurved bill. Note the pale base to the bill, the thin pale line between bill and eye, the pale skin behind the eye, and the prominent dark streaks on the breast. Inhabits montane forest and higher heathland, where it sometimes joins mixed-species flocks. Larger than Seram Myzomela, and further differentiated by pale base to bill, pale facial line, bare facial skin, and bold streaking below. Gives a strident, melodious “twit-twoo” song and harsh “shhurr” and liquid “wip” notes.