This bird is not the largest of the family, but weighs over 5 pounds. Males are slightly larger than females.
Birds are black with a white tail stained yellow with preen gland oil.
The iris and bare skin around the eye is cherry-red. Sides of the head are bare, blue in the female, yellow in the male along with a bright yellow throat pouch. Bill is dull white. Forested hill ranges of India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo. However, male feeds animal prey such as bats, reptiles, frogs, crabs, and insects to brooding female and developing chicks.