This small tanager occurs from southern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Amazonian Brazil. It is found in the canopy and at edges of humid forest.
It is about 11.5 cm long. Black bases to its green feathers create fine spotting. The male has blue upper surfaces on the wings and tail; the female has green wings and less conspicuous spots.
It occurs in the canopy and at the edges of humid lowland forest. Oiseaux.net classifies its diet as omnivorous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.