A small barbet of lowland forest in central Amazonian Brazil and eastern Bolivia. The male’s red crown and black band across the white underside are distinctive.
It is 16–17 cm long. A black band crosses the white underparts; the male has a crimson crown and cinnamon throat, while the female has a black crown.
It inhabits forest at about 50–550 m. Its song repeats “hooo” or “rroh” notes for up to ten seconds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.