A large pigeon of New Guinea's forests, marked by a thick pale bill and rufous flanks. It searches for food on the forest floor.
It has dark upperparts, pale rufous flanks, a white cheek, a red eye, and a thick pale bill.
It walks on the ground in lowland and hill rainforest or monsoon forest, searching for seeds, fruit, and other food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.