At about 55 cm, it is a very large arboreal pigeon with dark slate-grey plumage and a bronze-green sheen above. It lives in the upper forest and feeds mainly on fruit.
It is about 55 cm long, with dark slate-grey plumage, bronze-green reflections above, rufous-chestnut undertail coverts, white eyes and a pale cere extending far along the bill.
It is almost entirely arboreal, using the middle and upper forest canopy to feed and roost. Its diet consists mainly of whole fruits, and 2000 observations suggest birds returned to the same feeding and night-roosting areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.