The Scrub Tanager occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador and uses scrub and forest edges.
The Bioexploradores account reports no plumage difference between males and females. The crown is bright orange, the back pale cream with a slight blue tint, and the wings and tail turquoise; a black mask surrounds the eyes.
In a Farallones del Citará field note, birds usually came in pairs to eat fruit from a fruiting Miconia; a juvenile was sometimes present.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.