It is endemic to Cuba and Isla de Pinos. It lives in forests, plantations, and human-settled places; adult males and females are alike, with black plumage and yellow patches.
Adults are black overall, with yellow patches on the wing-coverts, rump, and upper thighs. The sexes look alike. Fledglings have an olive-colored head and differ from adults.
It mainly eats fruit, nectar, and insects. It forages in coral trees and nests in palm and banana trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.