This hummingbird occurs in highlands from southern Mexico into northern Central America. Males have a green throat and females a white one; it uses cloud forest and other wooded habitats.
It is about 11–12 cm long, with a bold white eyebrow and gray outer tail feathers. The male has a green gorget; the female has a white throat.
It uses cloud forest, pine-evergreen forest, forest edges and second growth. The account says diet is poorly recorded; it is thought to take nectar and hawk insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.