The Crested Satinbird lives in high mountain forest. Male plumage varies by region, while females are mainly olive green.
Males have blue eyes, black underparts, and a forehead crest. Their plumage is yellow in some regions and scarlet in others; females are olive green with orange-brown wings and tail.
It is a large, colorful bird of upper-montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.