The male has a blue head and back with a golden rump. The Peru species account associates the bird with semi-deciduous and humid montane forest, including places with mistletoes.
Males have a glossy blue head and back, a black face and throat, and orange-yellow underparts and rump. Females are yellow-green with a blue crown and a narrow rufous forehead and eyebrow.
It is recorded in semi-deciduous and humid montane forest. The Peru account notes an association with mistletoes but does not establish a specific diet in the passage used here.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.