This trogon is often found in Amazonian floodplain forest. Both sexes share a red belly and black underside of the tail; males are iridescent green and females are grey.
Both sexes have a red belly and a black underside to the tail. Males have iridescent green plumage, a narrow white breast band, orange-red orbital skin, and a yellow bill. Females are grey with a white eye-ring.
It is fairly common in Amazonian floodplain forest and reaches foothills at about 1,000 m in the Peruvian records described by the account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.