A small flowerpecker of Sulawesi's forests, recorded in mountain forest as well. It uses fruit and nectar.
At about 8 cm long, it is a very small flowerpecker. Adult males have a flame-scarlet cap from forehead to hindcrown, narrowly bordered in black, and a scarlet rump.
It is treated as sedentary and uses fruit and nectar in forest. A 2014 field paper recorded one male at about 1,350 m on Gunung Tumpu, Sulawesi.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.