The Golden Myna has a black head and back with a broad orange-yellow collar along the sides of the neck. It forages for fruit in the canopy of New Guinea's lowland forests.
The sexes look similar. The head and back are black, with a broad creamy-orange collar on the sides of the neck and a white patch on the dark brown wing. The eye, bill, and legs are yellow.
It feeds on fruit, foraging in pairs or small flocks in the canopy. It sometimes forages with the Yellow-faced Myna.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.