Syma megarhyncha Salvadori, 1896

Male nominate race rufous head and underparts, black loral patch, black nape patch, greenish-blue underparts, dark blue tail, black wing feathers with bluish edges and tips, bill bright yellow, dusky ridge along culmen, serrated edges at tip of upper mandible, iris dark brown, legs and feet dull yellow. Larger than Syma torotoro. Female black crown, black neck patches joined across hindneck, paler underparts. Juvenile grey-black bill, larger black area around eye, dusky-tipped feather on cheeks and breast.