This tanager is recorded in dry woodland, caatinga, and carnauba-palm stands in northeastern Brazil. A bird guide for Sete Cidades National Park describes flocks of up to about 20.
Males have a vivid scarlet patch in the middle of the throat; females lack this patch.
It uses carnauba-palm stands, caatinga, and dry woodland. The guide reports flocks of up to about 20 and says it often begins calling very early in the morning.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.