This small hummingbird occurs in the mountains of Colombia and Venezuela. The male has a rosy-magenta or purple throat above a white breast band.
The male’s gorget is rosy magenta or purple, bordered below by a white pectoral band. Throat color varies among subspecies.
It is observed in humid or wet forest and flower gardens; its flight is described as bee-like.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.