A male Wreathed Hornbill. It is mostly black with a white tail, which is often lightly stained yellowish, and a brownish-white throat and neck-sides, as well as a shaggy, brown, mane-like crown, that runs to the back of the neck.

In addition, it has a pale yellowish bill with a darker, corrugated base and a yellow gular pouch with a black lateral bar on the underside.

Like the female (fig.), it has red eyes and reddish bare skin patches around the eyes.