A hummingbird recorded in gardens and forest edges in Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on flower nectar and also catches small prey near flowers.
It is green, with a coppery-bronze rump and white to pale gray underparts marked with green on the flanks. The sexes look similar.
It feeds on nectar and catches insects and spiders near flowers. The account also describes territorial behavior at flowers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.