The male has a blue head and chest with a red belly; the female’s head and chest are gray. In a Peruvian account, birds watched for prey from lower and middle parts of the canopy and dropped down to catch insects.
The male has a blue crown and chest and a red belly. The white band between chest and belly can be absent in some individuals or subspecies. The female has a pale gray crown and chest with a red belly.
It is often seen in pairs. A bird may watch its surroundings from a perch, then swoop down on insects. An observer in Peru reported it mainly in the lower to middle canopy.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.