A lorikeet found on Timor and Wetar. It visits flowering trees for nectar and moves in small groups.
It has a red forehead and a violet-blue band behind the eye. The source reports that the extent of red differs between males and females.
It visits flowering trees in forest, at forest edges, and in cultivated areas up to about 1,500 m. It takes nectar, and several dozen birds may gather at trees in flower.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.