A small hummingbird whose male has a violet-glowing belly. It feeds mainly on nectar in humid lowland and foothill forests of northwestern Colombia.
The male has metallic-green plumage and a violet belly. The female is duller green with paler underparts.
It feeds mainly on flower nectar and also takes small arthropods. Males may defend nectar sources.
The bill is slender and straight. Males and females observed in Panama had pink lower mandibles. The tail is dark and rounded.
A young male observed in Panama did not yet have purple plumage across all of its underparts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.