This sunbird occurs in the mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A central red patch across the chest and belly, with yellow beside it, helps distinguish it.
It has a red central chest and belly patch, yellow only beside the chest, and dark flanks and vent.
In the eastern DRC highlands it uses montane forest, bamboo, high-altitude shrubland, and moorland. It is described as diurnal and sedentary. One account calls it omnivorous but does not specify foods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.