This blue tanager occurs from Colombia's Caribbean coast to northern Venezuela. It mainly eats fruit and is seen in pairs or small groups.
The head is gray and close in tone to the back. The underparts are blue with a contrasting white belly; the primary coverts are dark blue, and the flight feathers have greenish-turquoise edges.
It occurs in gallery forest, deciduous woodland, dry areas, and arid scrub, as well as gardens and plantations. The guide says it mainly eats fruit and is seen in pairs or small groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.