It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Eswatini.

[2] This species lays two eggs in a shallow platform nest made from sticks and placed in a tree or clump of creepers.

The small but thick orange-red bill and a white line just under the eye contrast with the mainly green plumage.

Turacos (the 10 species of the Tauraco and the 2 of the Musophaga) are the only birds to possess true red and green colour.

Indeed, when it flies, the predators tend to focus on the most visible colour and follow the red patch.