The male has a violet-blue crown and green body. Nests have been documented in forests of southeastern Brazil.
Males have a metallic blue-violet crown and shining green underparts. Females are green above and grayish below, without the male’s bright crown.
In Rio Grande do Sul, two nests with young were recorded 1–1.8 m above ground in primary seasonal forest. Another female incubated eggs in a nest attached to bamboo stems in primary evergreen forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.