The Scarlet-rumped Trogon perches low in forests and eats mainly insects. The adult male has a red belly and rump and a blue bill.
The adult male has a black head and throat, a red belly and rump, and blue bare skin running from the bill below the eye, with a prominent blue brow.
It eats mainly insects and catches them from low perches. It uses the lower layers of primary and secondary forest and also occurs in mangroves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.