It was elevated to full species status in a study[4] by Sampath S. Seneviratne, Darren E. Irwin, and Saminda P. Fernando.

[5] It is one of the three species of red coloured flamebacks which are found only in Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

)[5] This analogous trait (a trait shared by two organisms by convergent evolution, which means that they evolved to be similar independently because of similar evolutionary pressures) suggests that some evolutionary pressure in Sri Lanka and the Philippines caused their endemic flamebacks to become red.

It has a red crown, with the forecrown and forehead black speckled with white in females.

It has a fairly sized grey bill, which forms a blunt point.

[3] Hybrids can be either mostly red with orange or yellow (closer to Red-backed flameback) or mostly yellow with red or orange (closer to Black-rumped flameback) Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, including manmade environments like home gardens.

[3] Other invertebrates eaten include spiders, caterpillars, weevils and beetles.

Also feeds on some fruit occasionally, as a source of dietary fiber and other nutrients.

[3] It uses its tail as a support to climb trees, and flies in a flap-and-glide bounding pattern.

[2][8] Media related to Category:Dinopium psarodes at Wikimedia Commons