This sunbird lives in savanna and woodland in tropical West and Central Africa. Males show metallic green, blue, violet, and scarlet; females are mainly gray with yellow on the belly.
The adult male has a metallic green back, a dark blue rump, and violet throat feathers changing to scarlet on the breast. The female is gray with a yellow wash on the belly.
It lives in wet savanna and woodland with oil palms and feeds on nectar, seeds, spiders, and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.