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.