Appearance
Males later become green with yellow or green on underparts with neck feathers softly dusted with black, red primary coverts, green tail with red at base. a grey bill, paler at base. Males also have a dark grey or brown eye ring. Females are similar to males but with some primary coverts green instead of red.
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