This tanager occurs from eastern Panama to southeastern Brazil. eBird describes pairs feeding in the canopy, often with mixed-species flocks.
eBird describes males as black with a yellow back, throat, and undertail coverts. Females are yellowish, with grayish flanks, yellow wing edges, and an orange lower bill.
It forages in pairs in the canopy of lowland forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.