A large bird with a black crest and pale brow. In Saudi Arabia, small groups use rocky areas and wadis.
It has a dark body, black crest, pale brow, and gray neck.
In Saudi Arabia it forms small groups and is active by day and around twilight.
It eats locusts, grasshoppers, beetles, other invertebrates, small reptiles, rodents, and nestling birds. It mainly forages on or close to the ground.
The nest is an unlined shallow scrape on the ground. It lays 1–2 eggs, with an incubation period of 25 days.
In flight the neck extends forward, with broad wings and a relatively small-looking tail.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.