Glossy black plumage and pale eyes stand out on this weaver. In adults, white feather bases on the nape show as a pale patch.
Adults have glossy black upperparts, a black bill, and brown legs. White bases on the nape feathers appear as a pale patch, and the eye is greenish-white to white.
It forages alone in the canopy and in small parties lower down, and it sometimes joins mixed-species flocks. Large, noisy roosts form in the evening. It eats insects as well as berries and nectar from flowering trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.