This hummingbird is recorded around Cuenca, Ecuador. It occurs in montane scrub, riverside vegetation, and forest edges, where its curved bill helps it feed on flower nectar.
The Cuenca guide describes males as bright green and females as a softer green with white feathers on the chest. The white tail has a black pattern at the tip, and the bill is curved.
Around Cuenca it is recorded in open montane scrub, riverside vegetation, and forest edges; it is less frequent inside montane forest. It feeds on nectar.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.