The Green-naped Tanager occurs in forest in the Darién highlands on the Panama-Colombia border. It moves in small groups and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.
Its upperparts are mainly blackish, with pale green spangles on the crown and nape. The underparts are cinnamon-buff, and the sexes look alike.
It travels in small groups, either on its own or with mixed-species flocks. It has been observed eating berries of Miconia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.