This tanager ranges from northern Colombia to northeastern Venezuela. Males have a black head, pale upperparts and blue flashes on the wings; females are grey-toned with green wing flashes. It uses moist woodland and eats small fruits and arthropods.
Adult males have a black head, pale upperparts and blue flashes on black wings. Females have a grey head and upperparts, yellowish underparts and green wing flashes.
In moist to moderately humid woodland with scattered trees, it takes small fruits, catkins and arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.