This small hummingbird occurs in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Males are deep blue, while females are green with cinnamon-colored underparts.
The male is shining dark blue overall, with a brighter iridescent forecrown. The female is dark green with cinnamon underparts, bronze-green spots, and a pale breast band.
The account records scrub and humid secondary montane or cloud forest on the eastern Andean slope. It feeds on nectar and small insects; the female incubates two white eggs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.