Pachycare flavogriseum Meyer, AB, 1874

Male nominate race has crown and hindneck light bluish- grey, separated by black stripe from bright yellow forehead, broad supercilium and ear- coverts; upperparts light bluish- grey, upperwing with outer primaries dusky grey, inner primaries and secondaries bluish grey, tertials bluish- grey with black inner webs, each tipped white, wing- coverts bluish- grey; tail bluish- grey, all except central pair of feathers with black subterminal marking on inner webs; throat and underparts bright yellow; iris brown to dark brown; bill black; legs light brown to brown. Female is like male, but ear- coverts with dusky patch, black on forecrown reduced. Immature apparently resembles female. Race subaurantium has underparts darker, with more orange tinge; randi is even more orange below; subpallidum is palest, with most yellow (least orange- tinged) underparts.