This hummingbird is described in a species account for Cundinamarca, Colombia. The account notes bronze-green upperparts, a rufous rump, and pale streaks on the throat.
The account describes bronze-green upperparts, a rufous rump, pale facial markings, and pale grayish streaks on the throat.
The Cundinamarca account places it alone in low vegetation at humid forest edges, including around flowering Heliconia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.