The 2016 IUCN assessment treats this as a resident of Peru and Bolivia, using moist montane forest and high-altitude shrubland. A 2017 Peru tour report recorded many below Abra Malaga.
BirdQuest distinguishes the nominate form seen near Abra Malaga as “Fire-bellied”: orange-red underparts, no blue undertail coverts and more blue in the wings.
It is resident in moist montane forest and high-altitude shrubland; the 2016 assessment gives an elevation range of 2,600–3,500 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.