This small pigeon is mainly green with a violet-pink crown patch. It eats fruit in lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.
The plumage is mainly green, with a violet to pinkish crown patch and yellowish areas on the breast, belly, and undertail. Females may be slightly duller than males.
It feeds mainly on small fruits, berries, and figs from trees and shrubs. At fruiting trees it may forage alongside other fruit doves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.