This euphonia occurs from Central America to northwestern Colombia. Males have a tawny crown and yellow underparts; the species feeds on small fruits in humid forest and at forest edges.
Males have a tawny crown, dark purple face, neck, and back, a bright yellow breast and belly, and white undertail coverts. Females have a smaller tawny forehead patch, olive-yellow upperparts, and buff underparts.
BirdForum Opus describes dense humid or wet cloud forest and forest edges, with a diet mostly of small berries such as mistletoe berries and figs. A municipal account from Montes de Oro, Costa Rica, describes a round nest made with moss and plant fibres at a forest edge.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.