Description:Size: 4.75-5 inches
Male: bright red from face to breast; rump to tail bright red, underparts (except vent and undertail-coverts) spotted with white.
Female: yellowish-buff from face to breast; rump to tail red.
Juvenile: warm brown or russet-brown underparts; blackish from belly to undertail-coverts.
Call: generally silent, but give a quiet hissing note; also 'tseet' is used as contact call, as is a longer more drawn-out and louder, cricket-like trill 'trree-rree'.
Song: is a feeble and suttering trill and continues with short whistling or clucking notes.
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