The vulturine guineafowl is the largest bird of the guineafowl family of birds.

Their breasts are a dazzling cobalt blue color, with lengthy white and black feathers. Their plumage is black and the feathers on their back have white dots. Their wings are round and short, and their hackles are white. Their heads are blue-gray, with a band of short feathers which are chestnut brown. Also, the eyes of these birds are red and their beaks are black and short.