This cotinga occurs in the Amazon region of South America and searches for fruit in the canopy of humid lowland forest.
The male has deep-blue upperparts and deep-purple throat and underparts. The female is brown overall, with bold black scale-like marks below.
It forages in the canopy of forest on nutrient-poor soils. Oiseaux.net classifies its diet as mainly fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.