A sharpbill of mid-elevation rainforest. Males have a bright vermilion crest, sing high in the canopy, and feed on fruit and animal prey.
Males have a bright vermilion crest. It is erected during intense aggressive interactions but not while the bird sings.
The paper describes high-canopy singing in mid-elevation rainforest and says males apparently form exploded leks of three or four birds. Sharpbills take fruit and animal prey, using the pointed bill to pry open rolled leaves, unopened fruits, moss, and epiphytes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.