What a super bird!

They also eat eggs and nestlings and seem particularly fond of attacking Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela nests.

Close up, the most significant feature is the curled feathers on the crown of the head but also note the relatively short bill and the relatively long tail. Upperparts are dark green with dark red mantle and rump. The pale throat leads to a yellow breast with increasing blotches of red to a band of red and black, with a yellow belly. The bare skin round the eye is light blue while the bill is spectacular with an orangy tip, blue and maroon on the maxilla and an ivory mandible.