 As the central rectrices are shorter than the outer, it appears as a large white spot on the central uppertail.Females, which have green-spotted white underparts, lack the white tips to the central rectrices, but instead have broad tips to the outer rectrices (white "tail-corners").In this genus, the taxon "intermedia" has been considered a distinct species, or alternatively an intermediate between "U. benjamini" and "U. ruficrissa", leading to these being considered conspecific.