The outer three rectices on each side are tipped and fringed white, giving the undertail of perched birds a characteristic white appearance (compare bar-tailed trogon). The wing coverts are a grizzled grey, and remiges mostly colourless grey.
When birds perch, their underside has a distinctive white appearance due to the white tips on the outer edges of each side (similar to the bar-tailed trogon). The wing feathers are also predominantly a weathered grey color.