This manakin lives in humid foothill forest in Colombia and Venezuela. Males perform courtship displays on fallen trunks low in the forest.
Adult males are black to blue-black, with elongated white throat feathers. Females are olive, with a pale gray throat and a yellowish belly.
In the low understory of humid foothill forest, males gather on fallen trunks and display to court females.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.