The male has black plumage with blue-green iridescence, while the female is brown. This bird-of-paradise eats fruit and small animals in forests of eastern New Guinea.
The male is black with iridescent blue-green on the crown and breast. The female is rufous-brown above and whitish with fine barring below.
It uses evergreen forest and forest edges, sometimes mangroves or timber plantations. It eats fruit and small animals such as insects and spiders, usually foraging alone.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.