This toucanet has green upperparts and tail, chestnut tail tips and a red-and-black bill. It ranges from southeastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil north of the Amazon and eats fruit and insects.
The upperparts and tail are green, with chestnut tips to the tail feathers. The bill is red and black.
Its diet consists mostly of fruit, especially peppers, figs and palm fruits; it also eats insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.