A large hummingbird of the Pacific slope from southern Mexico to El Salvador. It is green above and rufous below and on the tail, and is recorded in forests and coffee plantations.
It is green above with rufous underparts and tail. It also has a long, decurved bill and a white spot behind the eye.
It is recorded in humid evergreen forest, cloud forest, pine-oak woodland, and coffee plantations and their edges. Detailed behavioral study is limited, so this account is restricted to habitat records.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.