The male has a red body, crest, and black throat; the female is gray-brown with a red crest and tail. Pairs use dry scrub and dry lowland forest.
The male is red with a black throat and pointed crest. The female has a gray-brown head, with red in the crest and tail.
It may be seen in pairs in dry scrub and dry lowland forest. Its range is in the arid north of Venezuela and the extreme northeast of Colombia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.