A mostly black bird with a broad crimson band across the throat and chest and a red rump. The sexes look alike. It ranges from southeastern Mexico to western Panama and uses wet forest.
Most of the plumage is black, with a broad crimson band across the throat and chest and a red rump. The bill is pale blue to whitish, and males and females look alike.
It uses wet tropical forest, forest edges, and secondary growth. It has been recorded feeding on fruit, insects, and small invertebrates in trees and shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.