Handsome Fruiteater

The handsome fruiteater is 16 to 18 cm (6.3 to 7.1 in) long and weighs 32.5 to 49 g (1.1 to 1.7 oz). The sexes have very different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a glossy bluish black head including the chin and throat. Their nape, upperparts, and tail are bright grass green. Their wings are mostly bright grass green with blackish outer webs on the flight feathers and white tips on the tertials. Their upper breast has a deep orange triangular patch in otherwise mostly bright yellow underparts. Voice: The handsome fruiteater sings mostly in the morning, usually from a perch between the forest's mid-level and subcanopy, but is seldom heard. The song of subspecies P. f. rubidior is "a high peeEEEeeeeeee'e'e'e'e" that is louder at the beginning, slows at the end, and is essentially on one pitch. The other subspecies' songs appear to differ only slightly from it.