A large grey bird about 50 cm long, with a white belly and wing patch and a white band across the tail. It lives in East African woodland and savanna, often in small groups, and eats fruit and acacia buds and seeds.
It is grey overall, with a white belly and undertail, a brownish-grey crest, a long pointed tail with a white median band, and a white wing patch. Males have black bills and females pea-green bills.
It occurs in wooded areas and savanna, alone or in small family groups. Its diet includes fruit, berries, seeds, flowers, buds, and especially young acacia seed pods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.