It ranges from southern China to northern and eastern Vietnam. Males are blue-green and red; females and young birds are more yellow-olive. It also eats fruit and small insects.
Adult males have blue-green heads and backs with a red throat and chest. Females are olive above and yellowish below.
It uses forest canopy, scrub edges, gardens, and parks for nectar, fruit, and small insects. In Hong Kong it is seen in urban parks and flowering areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.