This Andean bird lives in humid montane forest and is often high in the canopy. Males stand out for a dark blue crown and green forehead and upper breast.
The male has a dark blue crown, with green at the base of the forehead and on the upper breast.
It uses humid and wet Andean forest, especially where epiphytes are abundant, and is often seen high in the canopy. Its recorded foods include berries such as mistletoe and ericaceous fruits, as well as figs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.