This hummingbird occurs on Trinidad and in northern South America. Its straight black bill, bronze tail, and white chest are distinctive features.
It has a straight black bill, golden-green upperparts, a bronze tail, and white chest and belly. The sexes are similar in appearance.
It uses rainforest, semi-deciduous and gallery forest, secondary growth, scrub, savanna, and semi-cultivated land. On Trinidad it is recorded in more open habitats and feeds mainly on nectar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.