Loria's Satinbird lives in the canopy of montane forest. Males are black while females are olive-toned, and a male's far-carrying whistle can be heard from a perch.
The male is black with greenish iridescence, while the female is mainly olive with rufous wings and tail.
It is a canopy bird of montane forest. Males give a nasal, whistle-like call from exposed perches that carries far.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.