Males are red with black wings and tail and a thick, silvery lower bill. Females are duller reddish brown. Small groups use open lowland scrub and second-growth forest, feeding on fruit and insects.
The male has a velvety red body, black wings and tail, and a thick silvery lower bill. The female is duller reddish brown.
It occurs in small groups in lowland and foothill scrub, forest edges, and second growth, where it feeds on fruit and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.