Melidectes belfordi De Vis, 1890

26-29 cm, male 59-73 g, and female 51-56 g, male 70-80 g and female 55-67 g. Nominate race has top and side of head black-brown, merging into light brownish grey and faintly mottled dark brown on hindneck and side of neck, with short white supercilium bordering large pale blue orbital patch, latter broad behind eye and tapering to a point that joins affine line of white feathers over rear ear-coverts, lower ear coverts tinged grey and merge into brownish-grey side of neck, brown white malar stripe of elongated feathers from base of bill and broadering on side of upper throat small white gape wattle, chin and upper throat black-brown, merging into brownish-grey or pale grey with brownish mottling on lower throat, mantle, back and scapulars black-brown, heavily scaled or mottled grey, merging into dark brown on rump and uppertail-coverts, upperwing and tail black-brown, yellow-olive tips and outer edges on greater coverts, upperwing and tail black brown, yellow-olive tips and outer edges on greater coverts, broad yellow-olive outer edges on all except two remiges, outer 5-6 primaries also narrowly tipped yellow –brown, broad yellow-olive outer edges and R, underbody pale grey, mottled dark brown and finely streaked on breast and belly, merging to broader white barring or mottling on lower belly and vent, which also tinged rufous-brown, and to rufous-brown on undertail-coverts, undertail dark brown, underwing dark brown, slightly paler base of remiges, iris brown to dark red-brown, bill black to dark grayish-black, sometimes dark-grey lower mandible, legs dark grey to dull blue-grey, varying mottled with brown or brownish-grey, soles yellow. Sexes alike in plumage, male larger than female. Juvenile is like adult but upperbody darker, blackish-grey, with much reduced mottling and scalig throughout and a rufous tinge on belly. Races differ mainly in size and colour.