The rest of the head is olive green. The rump and tail coverts are orange red. The tail is blackish. The bill is black, with a little red on the mandible. The legs are flesh coloured.
Some authorities have the eye-rim tinged.
Similar to the male though the colour on the face is yellow buff. The rump is olive green. The belly spots have a grey appearance. A discontinuous distribution from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana. Angola east to s.