A
Great Barbet is green, with a dark
blue-green head, a dark greenish-brown mantle, red under-tail coverts, and a
dark brown breast. The lower breast and belly are streaked yellowish.
Its has a long, whitish
bill, with a yellowish base and a dark stripe on the tip of the upper
mandible, and with several black protruding hairs between the bill
and the forehead, typical with barbets.