This vivid green bird feeds on fruit in the lower levels of dense forest. It is resident, though it may move with seasonal fruiting.
Its body is emerald green, with a large head and a forward-pointing tuft of forehead feathers.
It feeds mainly on fruit, but sometimes takes invertebrates such as insects.
It uses the understory and lower levels of rainforest and mixed dipterocarp forest. It is resident but may move with seasonal fruiting.
Males have black wing bars and a black patch behind the eye. Females are paler green and lack the black markings.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.