This hummingbird lives in the Sierra Madre del Sur of southern Mexico. A historical specimen account describes the adult male with two bronze central tail feathers and the other tail feathers white.
A historical account describes the adult male as green, with two bronze central tail feathers and the remaining tail feathers white.
A 1992 account reports the species in cloud forest and humid montane forest. At Omiltemi it was reported as common in dense, moist canyon vegetation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.