The Yellow-throated Tanager forages alone or in pairs in the middle and lower levels of humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.
It is about 16 cm long, with a dusky blue head, bright yellow throat, and bluish-green upperparts. The underparts are grey-green, with rusty vent and undertail coverts.
It forages alone or in pairs in the middle and understory of humid montane forest. It is uncommon on the eastern Andean slope at 1,000–2,350 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.