This cotinga has a patchy range in eastern South America. Its black head, yellow throat, and long forked tail stand out.
Males have a black head, yellow throat, and long, deeply forked tail. Females have dull green upperwing coverts and more extensive black barring on the chin and belly.
It occurs at forest edges, in open woodland, and in other open places, and may perch high in trees.
In Brazil, this population moves seasonally between 400 and 1,200 m and arrives at open foothill breeding areas from October to January.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.