The Elegant Crescentchest is recorded in dry forest and scrub in extreme northwestern Peru. Males have black heads, creamy eyebrows and throats, chestnut breasts, and broad black crescent bands; females have a reduced band and rufous underparts.
Males have black heads, creamy-white throats and eyebrows extending toward the nape, chestnut breasts, and a broad black crescent across the chest. Females have a reduced crescent and rufous underparts.
The PeruAves account records the species in dry forest and scrub in extreme northwestern Peru.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.