This diurnal capuchin lives mainly in trees in the Atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil.
Its chest, belly, and arms range from yellow to golden red. The face is light brown, while the cap-like crown, limbs, and tail can be dark. Its prehensile tail is about as long as the body.
It is active by day, lives mainly in trees, and forms groups of up to about thirty. Its foods include fruit, nuts, insects, small vertebrates, and eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.