 The lower mandible is dark grey and the upper mandible has a horn coloured base and a dark grey tip.The irises are red-orange, the eyerings are pinkish-grey, and the legs are grey-brown.The amount of red or orange on the forecrown, the bend of the wing, and thighs varies in the three subspecies but is absent in all young birds – juveniles having a dark smokey appearance above a paler beak and brown irises.