[3] The beautiful jay is 27 cm (11 in) long and in the male predominantly cyan-blue, becoming sky-blue almost to white from the neck to the forehead,.

It has a black mask on the face meeting up with the dark -grey across the breast.

The female resembles the male but the upperparts have a brownish tinge, and juvenile birds have more brown on the plumage and are duller.

It makes a range of calls, including a repeated "chew=chew-chew", clicks and whistles.

[3] Only one nest has been described so far, it is a cup constructed with sticks and decorated on the outside with moss and lined with thin plant fibres.