This bird lives in dry habitats and woodlands of the southwestern United States and nearby areas. Males are glossy black and females gray; it perches high and eats berries and flying insects.
The male has a crest and glossy black plumage, with white patches visible on the wings in flight. The female is subdued gray and lacks the male's glossy black appearance.
It lives in desert washes and oak-sycamore woodland and often perches high in trees. It eats mistletoe berries and other fruit and sometimes catches insects in flight.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.