This endemic tanager inhabits lowland and mountain forests in Jamaica. Males and females differ in head and breast color.
The male has black-and-white head stripes, an orange-yellow breast and a yellow belly. The female is olive above, with a greyish head and a greenish-yellow breast.
It inhabits forested hills and mountains in Jamaica. BirdLife's account includes moist lowland and montane forest and shrubland from near sea level to about 2,260 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.