Rachel's Malimbe occurs in lowland forest around the Gulf of Guinea. Males have a red crown and black face, with yellow on the lower breast and undertail coverts.
The male has a black face and orange-red crown, with yellow on the lower breast and undertail coverts. The female resembles him but has a black head and neck instead of red.
It inhabits lowland rainforest in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It mostly forages in the canopy, sometimes descending to the understory, and is reported alone, in pairs, trios or small family parties.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.