The Australian Museum account places this bird in the mountains of southeastern Papua New Guinea. It eats fruit and lives in primary montane forest from 500 to 1,500 m.
The male is black, with a bronze-brown line from the forehead to the base of the bill, an iridescent green to yellow-green breast shield, and three wire-like plumes above and behind each eye. The female has a black head, mottled throat, brown upperparts and tail, and barred underparts. The account gives lengths of 27 cm for males and 25 cm for females.
Its diet is fruit. The account places it in primary montane forest at 500–1,500 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.