This small sunbird has a glossy blue-green head and throat in males, while females are greyer. It searches in the upper parts of forests for nectar and small prey.
Adult males have glossy blue-green heads, throats, and upper breasts, with orange-red feathers high on the flanks. Females are greyer, with a conspicuous white eyebrow.
It takes nectar as well as caterpillars and spiders. It gleans in the canopy and may also hawk flying insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.