TABLE 1 Diagnostic body-part colour comparisons of female skins belonging to two distinct plumage patterns recovered in Sakesphoroides cristatus. Colour nomenclature follows Smithe (1975).
Pattern 1 Pattern 2
Crown Amber (Colour 36) Chestnut (Colour 32)
Back Olive brown (Colour 28) Cinnamon-Brown (Colour 33)
Throat Pale horn Colour (Colour 92) Pale horn Colour (Colour 92)
Breast Buff (Colour 124) Buff (Colour 124)
Belly Buff (Colour 124) Buff (Colour 124)
Tail Jet Black (Colour 89), White and Amber (Colour 36) bands Amber (Colour 36) and dark Amber