A striking creamy-white pigeon with silvery-black wings and tail and dark speckles on the base of the undertail. Juveniles are grayer, with buff fringes to many feathers. Typically found in groups within the treetops of forest edge and in open wooded areas in the lowlands. Very similar to Pied Imperial-Pigeon, but Silvery-tipped differs in the silvery cast to the dark wing markings and the presence of dark markings at the base of the undertail. Vocalizations include a deep hoot with emphasis on the middle section: “whooOOoo.”