It has a ragged crest and lime-green wings and tail. It moves through forest canopies in small parties and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.
It is 21–24 cm long. Its crown has a ragged crest, the sides of the head are buff, and the elongated grayish-white throat feathers can be puffed out. The back is grayish brown, while the wings and tail are lime-green.
It moves and forages through the forest canopy alone, in pairs or in small parties, and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.
In Hong Kong it eats fruit, including Ilex rotunda.
The underparts are warm buff, with yellowish undertail coverts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.