This sunbird is found in and around mountain forest in the Albertine Rift. Males have green, yellow, and red plumage, while females are dull brown; the species also uses high-elevation scrub.
Males have green, yellow, and red plumage, with yellow especially visible on the underparts. Females are dull brown.
It lives in tropical mountain forest and in high-elevation scrub.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.