The grey junglefowl male is 70 to 80 cm long and weighs 800 to 1100 grams. The females are smaller and measure 38 cm in length and weigh 700 to 800 grams. The male has red wattles and combs. They have a black cape with ochre spots and the body plumage on a grey body is finely patterned. The elongated sickle tail is black. The neck feathers are dark and end in a small, hard, yellowish plate; spurs are present in red coloured legs in males. The females have yellow coloured legs and lacks spurs. Males in eclipse plumage moult their colourful neck feathers in summer during or after the breeding season.