This hummingbird has a green body with a shimmering violet-blue throat and breast. In eastern Peru it visits flowers at forest edges and secondary growth, and also catches small insects in flight.
It is green, with an iridescent violet-blue throat and breast. Fine gray scaling borders the pale belly, and the dark blue tail is notched at the tip.
It moves through forest edges, secondary growth, and gardens to feed on nectar. It also catches small insects while flying between flowers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.