This small flowerpecker occurs on islands in Indonesia's Moluccas. Males have an ash-grey face and underparts, a red rump, and a scarlet breast patch. It is known to eat nectar; fruit and mistletoe pollen are also considered possible foods.
The male has brownish-grey upperparts, an ash-grey face and underparts, a scarlet rump, and a bright red patch on the upper breast.
It uses moist lowland, coastal, and montane forest, as well as established gardens and plantation edges. Nectar is a known food; fruit and mistletoe pollen are also thought to be included.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.