Adult males have a black body, coppery ornaments, and an iridescent green-yellow breast. During breeding, they perform courtship displays in a cleared area on the forest floor.
Adult males are velvety black, with coppery and white feathers above the bill, an iridescent green-yellow breast shield, and long plumes behind the eyes. Females have a black head, drab brown upperparts and tail, and barred underparts.
During breeding, a male spreads his tail, raises his flank feathers, and dances in a cleared area on the forest floor. The female builds and attends the nest alone.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.