The eyes are dark brown and the long, pointed bill is black with a yellow base.

It is relatively short-tailed and has a thick bill with a yellow base to the lower mandible.

Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill with a yellow base.

They are white with bright yellow bases and fade pink with age.

Each flower has six pale blue tepals with yellow bases.

They are light blue to purple-blue with yellow bases.

The flowers are white, with yellow bases and sometimes streaks of purple.

The large bill is black with a pale yellow base to the lower mandible.

It has gray or yellow fibrotic base and undermining skin margins.

The immature resembles a plainer female, though with a yellow base to the bill.