The Indian Yellow-nosed has a whitish head and neck; a very light-gray wash over the face and cheeks; and less obvious and smaller, darkish, more-rounded eye patches, with the eyebrows relatively indistinct and short behind and forward of the eyes. On Indian Yellownosed, the culminicorn is narrower and more-tapered at the base, and the naricorn has straighter sides. This feature is consistent with both adult and immature birds.