A Green-billed Malkoha. This large bird is long-tailed, has a greyish head, greyish-green upperparts and lower upperparts, while its throat and breast are whitish-grey to greyish-buff, with dark shaft streaks.

The tail is graduated and has broadly white tips to the tail feathers. The pale greenish bill is prominent and curved, and it has black lores and white-edged, red facial skin.