This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.
Males have a black head and underparts, an olive-green back, and a golden collar. Females have chestnut heads and underparts. Both sexes have yellow cheek tufts, yellow-orange flanks and vent, and red undertail coverts.
It occurs in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest and is described as rare in the account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.