This sunbird occurs in the Zambezian miombo region. Males have blue-green upperparts and a red breast band. The species tends to build a grass ball nest attached among branches or leaves.
Males have blue-green upperparts and a red breast band. Yellow pectoral tufts reach the base of the red band.
It tends to make a ball- or oval-shaped grass nest, sometimes attaching it to a branch or placing it among leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.