This tiny hummingbird has a rufous crest and neck plumes in males; females lack both. It feeds on nectar and small invertebrates in forest edges, open country, gardens, and cultivation.
The male has a rufous crest, coppery green back, a conspicuous white rump band in flight, and black-spotted rufous neck plumes. The female lacks the crest and plumes and has green upperparts and rufous underparts.
It uses rainforest edges, open country, gardens, and cultivated areas. Its main foods are nectar and small invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.