The male has a yellow head and olive back. It lives in the lower growth of Andean forest and feeds on fruit.
The male has a golden-yellow crown and nape, bright olive upperparts, and paler yellow on the face, throat, and breast.
It lives in highland forest and second growth, mainly in the undergrowth, and feeds chiefly on fruit.
It is about 12–13 cm long.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.