The Blue-crowned Chlorophonia is a forest bird with green plumage and a blue crown patch. The sexes differ below, and the bird feeds on berries in the canopy.
Both sexes are green above and have a blue crown patch. Males are mostly yellow below; females are mostly green below, with yellow on the belly and undertail coverts.
It feeds on berries and is often found in the canopy, though it sometimes feeds near the ground. The account notes that detailed studies of this little-known species are lacking.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.