This small flowerpecker inhabits lowland forest on Borneo. Males are strongly blue and yellow, while females are mainly gray and olive.
Males are blue above and yellow below, with a narrow red crown stripe and an orange flush on the breast. Females have a gray head, olive to yellowish wings, and yellow underparts. Both sexes have a yellow rump.
It actively forages at different levels in lowland and foothill forest and along forest edges. Records also include gardens; BirdLife lists swamp forest and moist lowland forest among suitable habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.