It lives in forests and parks in northern and eastern Australia and gathers at fruiting trees. Flocks eat soft fruit and berries, and also take insects.
Males have a black crown, grey neck and throat, and bare red skin around the eye. Females lack the distinct head markings and are brown-green above with brown streaks on the pale underparts.
It eats soft fruits and berries in flocks and also feeds on insects. During breeding, small groups nest close together.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.