This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it. |
Identification
12cm. Bright turquoise blue crown and nape, sides of head and neck, centre of back, rump and scapulars. Black forehead, lores, sides of back, wings and tail, and mid-throat and entire remaining underparts; scarlet thighs which are usually hidden. Female dull greenish blue above, brightest on cheeks, scapulars, and rump, duskier on back, wings, and tail; below dingy buffy grey, buffiest on belly and undertail coverts. Male iris bright red, duller in female. 12cm.