It is dark brown, with a bare area on the face and pale bristles at the base of the bill. In forest it feeds mainly on fruit and also takes insects.
Its plumage is dark brown, and part of the face is bare. Pale tufts grow at the base of the bill; the throat ranges from gray to brownish.
It feeds mainly on fruit and also eats insects in forest.
Adults have a blackish bill.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.