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19-20 cm, 33 g. An attractive longclaw of wetland edges. Sexes differ in size (male slightly larger) and plumage (female paler and less vividly pink). Most notable field mark is bright pinkish scarlet throat framed by black band. Pink wash extends onto lower breast and belly. Sides of breast to flanks pale buff to whitish and finely streaked. Upperparts and wing coverts dark olive-brown to blackish, feathers broadly edged buff. Marginal wing coverts edged pink to orange. Supercilium whitish to buff, contrasting with cinnamon-brown ear coverts. Tail dark brown; outer rectrices white, and adjacent pair broadly tipped white. Bill blackish, base of lower mandible pale yellow. Eyes brown. Legs and feet pale brown (Chittenden 2005).
