Fairly large tanager with a thick bill. Males are visually striking with bright crimson bodies and black wings and tail. Note the silver lower mandible. Females lack the silver bill and are mostly brown with a cinnamon belly and rump. Found at forest borders and in non-forest habitats, including urban parks and gardens. Males are impossible mistake, being brilliant scarlet-red with a black tail and wings, and a very obviously pale mandible to the bill. Females, on the other hand, are less distinctively plumaged and recall. Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Uncommon to locally fairly common; almost always in small numbers.
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