Adult males have a golden forehead and nape with a red crown; females lack the red on the head. The Costa Rican account describes family groups in humid forest.
The male has a golden forehead and nape, a red crown, and white on the center of the back and rump. The female lacks red on the head and has a duller yellow crown and nape. Young birds are duller than adults.
It uses the middle and upper levels of humid forest and also enters partly cleared areas with scattered trees. Family groups of about three to six move together, and nests are made in dead trunks high above the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.