Males have a blue chest and chestnut belly while females have an olive back; the species feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects in the canopy of South American Atlantic forest and montane habitat.
The male has a shiny steel-blue chest, chestnut belly, and yellow patch at the bend of the wing. The female has an olive back and flanks, grey underparts and nape, and rufous undertail coverts.
It uses the canopy of Atlantic rain forest and montane forest. Its diet includes fruit, nectar, and insects; it may also visit garden feeders.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.