Tanysiptera nympha Gray, GR, 1840

Both sexes blue-black crown and UpP, bright pink-red rump and UnP, tail purple-blue, elongated central feather 8 cm longer with broad white tips and often with narrow white inner margins at base, bill orange-red, iris dark brown, legs and feet pink-orange to red. Voice: 1-4 mournful whistles, becoming a trill, similar to that of T.danae.