Its blue crown, black mask around the red eyes, and chestnut chest are conspicuous. It swings its long tail from side to side and digs underground nest tunnels.
It has green and blue plumage, a chestnut chest, a blue crown, and a black mask around red eyes. The long central tail feathers have bare sections near their tips.
It lives in wooded habitats such as tropical rainforest, dry woodland, pine forest, second growth, and gardens. It may swing its tail from side to side. It digs underground nest tunnels during the rainy season and may use them several months later. It eats insects and lizards and occasionally fruit.
It makes a nesting chamber at the end of a tunnel dug into the ground.
The bill is short, with serrated edges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.