The species is sedentary and territorial, also exhibiting a high degree of sexual dimorphism; the male in breeding plumage has a striking bright blue forehead, ear coverts, mantle, and tail, with a black mask and black or dark blue throat.
Larger males had relatively deeper heads and longer jaws for their size, yellower-green sides and dorsolateral body regions, a more saturated yellow venter, darker blue throats and darker yellow bellies.
The male in breeding plumage has striking bright blue ear coverts, with the crown often slightly darker, a black throat and nape, a royal blue upper back, chestnut shoulders and a bluish-grey tail.
Juvenile males tend to have darker throats and white postoculars like adult males, while juvenile female tend to have white throats.
The petals of lisianthus have a dark inner throat region and a lighter colored outer region, with anthocyanins present in both the abaxial and adaxial epidermal cells.
At several points Krumwiede meets up with a speculator who's looking to turn a profit on the crisis, in scenes that suggest Robert Redford, as Bob Woodward, hovering in the dark with Deep Throat in "All the President's Men".
The physical toll is also remarkable: smoke headaches, sore joints, a perpetually runny nose, deep cuts and bruises from crawling in the dark, lungs and throat filled with black mucus, and a powerful nausea that can make a guy bend over and retch.
It's a dark and cut-throat world, and one I'm not sure lovely Kate should get caught up in.
The adult female has more dingy plumage on its head, with a white throat and dark gray cheeks.
