The Blue-throated Starfrontlet lives in mountain forest in Colombia's Eastern Andes. Males have an iridescent blue throat and green body; females are less vivid. It feeds on nectar and also catches insects.
Males have an iridescent blue throat, green body, and dark wings and tail. Females have a less vivid green throat.
It feeds on nectar and also catches insects in montane cloud forest, forest edges, and scrub.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.