This hummingbird occurs in Panama and northern Colombia. Males are metallic green with a purplish-blue throat; females are green above and whitish below. It visits flowers in scrub, dry woodland, and mangroves.
Males are mostly glittering green with a dark purplish-blue throat. Females are green above and whitish below; both sexes have a forked tail.
It visits flowers in dry woodland, scrub, and mangroves. It eats nectar and arthropods and often forages at low flowers and shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.