The Metallic Pigeon has purple and green sheen on the crown, a yellow bill, and red skin around the eye. It searches for fruit and other foods in island forests and nearby areas.
The crown has a purple and green sheen, and the wings and upper tail-coverts are black. The bill is yellow and the orbital skin is red; the chin and ear-coverts vary by subspecies.
It forages in trees and on the ground, eating fruit, grains, seeds, and berries.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.