This sunbird is endemic to Anjouan in the Comoros. Males have glossy blue-green upperparts, and the species uses forest and thickets and eats insects and spiders.
Males have glossy blue-green plumage from the head over the back, a narrow maroon band across the breast, and sooty underparts.
It lives in forested areas and thickets. Few food records are available, but the account reports insects, spiders, and some plant matter.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.