Key Identification Features
- It has distinctive features including a black mask, white forehead, square tail, and a bright red throat.
- In 2014, the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International split it into a separate distinct species, and the International Ornithological Congress accepted this classification in 2022.
- Further down, there is a gorget made of a short, distinct black band followed by an ill-defined yellow band.
- Its body is predominantly carmine, with a greenish blue head and throat, and a distinctive black mask.
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