A cuckoo whose males have glossy green plumage; it forages in the tree canopy for insects such as caterpillars and ants.
Males have glossy emerald upperparts and upper breast, with a white lower breast and belly barred in green and bronze. Females and juveniles have a pale rufous crown and nape.
It forages mainly in the tree canopy, taking insects including caterpillars and ants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.