This tanager is restricted to the Atlantic Forest. It uses forest and regrowth, as well as farms with scattered trees and gardens, and feeds on wild or cultivated fruit and insects.
Adult males stand out in a group because their colors are more vivid.
It forms groups of up to about ten and eats wild or cultivated fruit and insects. It has also been recorded foraging through foliage in mixed flocks with other tanagers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.