The White-ruffed Manakin lives in evergreen forests from eastern Honduras to northwestern Colombia. Adult males are glossy blue-black, with white feathers on the throat and under the tail.
Mature males have glossy blue-black plumage, with white feathers on the throat and undertail coverts. Females are mostly olive-green with a pale grey throat.
It uses evergreen forest from lowland to montane zones, including mountain forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.