This bird-of-paradise lives in the forests of New Guinea’s central mountains. The male raises its long head plumes and displays them during courtship.
The male has a black head and back, yellow underparts, reddish-brown wing patches, and two long head plumes. The female is gray-brown with pale markings below.
It eats mostly fruit. The male displays its plumes to court females from a traditional perch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.