This forest bird occurs in west-central Africa. Males are glossy greenish black, while females are duller and have a smaller blue-green eye wattle.
Males have glossy greenish-black head, throat, upper breast and upperparts, a white rump and pale yellowish-white lower parts. Females are less glossy and have a smaller blue-green eye wattle.
It uses dense forest undergrowth and old plantations, and feeds on invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.