The Blue-backed Tanager is a resident bird recorded in northern South America. Oiseaux.net lists vocal recordings from the Guianas and northern Brazil.
The species account gives a length of about 17 cm. A Guyana tour report describes the male it observed as having a strong bill and red eyes.
It uses lowland savanna, humid forest and forest edges. Oiseaux.net summarizes it as an invertebrate gleaner that feeds among foliage and branches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.