A small hummingbird of Amazonian forests. Males show a white rump band and ornamental feathers, while females have a pale facial stripe.
Males are green, with a white rump band, iridescent green forehead and face, and long cheek plumes tipped white. Females have gray-brown underparts and a broad pale stripe on the face.
It is a diurnal nectar-feeder. Peru Aves places it in the canopy and mid-story of Amazonian forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.