This tanager breeds in northwestern Peru and moves to the eastern Andean foothills and adjacent lowlands afterward. Males are black and white, females are mainly olive, and both sexes have red irises.
Males are mostly black with a white belly and white wing patch that forms a band when the wing is spread. Females are olive above and yellowish with olive streaking below. Both sexes have red irises.
It breeds in mature humid and semi-deciduous forest in northwestern Peru and is often seen there from February to May. After breeding it moves to the eastern Andean foothills and adjacent lowlands, where it is generally rare.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.