Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.
The body is sparkling green, with conspicuous violet feathers on the cheeks and ear tufts and a blue patch on the belly. The green tail is square and has a dark terminal band.
During a nine-month study at Bogotá Botanical Garden, males made acrobatic courtship flights around one or two trees. The birds in that study fed on nectar and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.