This widespread Amazonian hummingbird has gray underparts and a white stripe down the throat. A Colombian account adds forest, edge, secondary growth and seasonally flooded forest as habitats.
The upperparts are dull brownish green and the underparts gray. A dark mask through the eye has a whitish lower border; a white stripe runs down the throat. The long decurved bill has a red lower mandible.
The Colombian species page lists forest, forest edge, secondary growth and seasonally flooded forest (várzea) among its habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.