This trogon lives in humid forests and wooded river corridors in South America. Males have blue chests and green backs, while females are mostly grey; both sexes take insects and other prey from perches.
The male has a black head and throat, a blue chest and a green back; the underside of the tail is white with a black terminal band. The female is mainly grey with a reddish belly. In the Atlantic-coast subspecies, the male has an orange belly and other colours also differ.
It uses primary and secondary forest, wooded open areas and river corridors. From a perch it catches moths and other insects and arthropods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.