The male has a gray-blue back and chestnut vent and is found in forest canopy and along forest edges. Females have different brown and olive tones.
The male has a gray-blue back, pale underparts, and a chestnut vent. The female has a brown face, blue crown, olive back, and pale underparts.
It is found in forest canopy and at forest edges.
In Rio Claro, Brazil, it takes small arthropods from tree leaves, and a caterpillar was among the prey recorded.
It reaches upward, downward or sideways from a perch to take prey and sometimes hangs upside down while reaching for food.
Observations in Rio Claro during 2011–2013 recorded it foraging inside tree crowns about 4–15 m above the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.