This hummingbird occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Males have an elongated, multicoloured gorget; both sexes have white-tipped tails.
Males have an orange crown and a narrow, elongated, iridescent gorget. The female has a reduced gorget, and both sexes have white tail tips.
It occurs in humid scrub and among tall shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.