Head and neck: Long, pointed crest iridescent green (male), short crest, brown (female); crown iridescent green; white stripe above the eye from base of bill to nape and white facial patch (male); face brownish white (female); eye dark brown; skin around eye pinkish; bill black with dark brown tip.
Body: Upper back iridescent blue; back and rump dark brown with black scalloping; lesser wing coverts iridescent blue; median and greater coverts iridescent green (male); overall reddish brown (female).
Limbs and tail: Legs and feet grey; male with short tarsal spur; tail two rows of iridescent ocelli (eyespots) (male), uniform brown (female).