This bird lives in montane forest on the Huon Peninsula. Males have an orange crest and decorate stick bowers with colored objects; females lack the orange crest.
The male has an orange crest; the female lacks this crest.
Males build stick bowers on montane slopes just below ridge crests and decorate them with colored objects to attract females. Females build the nest and raise the young. The species inhabits Huon Peninsula mountain forests at 1,660–2,940 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.