This hummingbird occurs in wet forest in the northern Andes. The male has a blue forehead, the female a green one, and it feeds from deep tubular flowers.
The account describes a male with a bright blue forehead, dark green body, and blue rump and upper tail. The female has a green forehead and paler body.
In wet forest ravines and streamside habitat, it hovers at deep tubular flowers to feed on nectar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.