This stocky bird with a large bill lives in tropical West Africa. It has black upperparts, a red throat and belly and a yellow eye patch. Figs are a favoured food, and several birds may roost together.
It has a large ivory-coloured bill and a yellow eye patch. The upperparts are black; the throat and belly are red, separated by a black breast band. The page also records yellow edging beside the red belly on some birds.
It inhabits gardens and open woodland in tropical western Africa and favours figs. It forms social groups of several birds, which sometimes roost together in a tree cavity.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.