This large flowerpiercer occurs in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil. It has a broad black mask, bluish-slate plumage, and a pale blue-gray bill with a strongly hooked tip. It feeds on nectar and insects.
It has a broad black mask and bluish-slate head and upperparts, with a narrow bluish-white moustachial stripe. Its thick pale blue-gray bill has a strongly hooked tip.
It forages in moist montane and cloud forest, feeding on nectar and insects. It is usually alone or in pairs and often searches high in the forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.