Male Flame-rumped Tanagers are mostly black with rumps that range from yellow to red, while females are mainly olive gray and yellow. They form small flocks in forest edges and gardens, feeding on fruit and invertebrates.
Males are mostly black, with the rump and uppertail coverts ranging from yellow to red-orange or crimson by regional form. Females are olive gray above. Their underparts and rump vary by form: one has a reddish-orange chest band and reddish-orange rump and tail coverts, while the other is yellow below and on the rump.
It usually occurs in small flocks in primary forest and forest edges, second growth, overgrown areas, gardens, and parks. It feeds on fruit and invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.