[2] The striking male is black with fiery orange crown and upperback, elongated neck plumes, yellow iris and golden yellow wing patch.

The female is a brown bird with brown-barred whitish underparts.

Its diet consists mainly of figs, ants and insects.

The fire-maned bowerbird was discovered in 1928 by Rollo Beck.

Due to ongoing habitat loss and limited range, the fire-maned bowerbird is evaluated as near threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.