This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.
In BirdLife’s profile image, the bird has a blue body and a deep violet throat. This describes the pictured individual only; it does not summarize possible differences by sex or age.
BirdLife classifies subtropical and tropical swamp forest as a major habitat, with moist lowland forest also suitable.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.