A bird-of-paradise of New Guinea's lowlands and nearby islands. It feeds mainly on fruit, especially figs, and the sexes have similar plumage.
Its plumage is glossy purple with blue-green highlights; feathers on the nape, throat, and upper breast look curled or crinkled.
It eats mainly fruit, especially figs, plus flowers, insects, and worms. It uses lowland swamp, riverine, monsoon, and mangrove forests, and forest edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.