Males have red on the head and back, while females are gray-brown apart from a red rump and upper tail. It is a common resident in Singapore.
The male has a scarlet crown, nape, back, and upper tail coverts. The female is gray-brown above except for red on the rump and upper tail coverts.
In Singapore it occurs at forest edges, gardens, scrub, parks, and urban sites, occasionally also in mangroves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.