Breeding males have a coppery head that can look black in poor light. The species uses savanna, scrub, gardens, and other open places, and is a resident native in Ghana.
The breeding male's head is iridescent copper, though it may look black in poor light. Females and nonbreeding males are duller and have plain, unstreaked underparts.
It uses open woodland, scrub, gardens, and cultivated places, and avoids thick forest. BirdLife lists dry savanna and dry tropical shrubland as major habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.